Mayes vs Machado

Who won Mayes vs Machado?

Don Tale Mayes beat Caio Machado by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 27th April 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Don Tale Mayes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Mayes vs Machado stats

Don Tale Mayes stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Caio Machado made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Don Tale Mayes' 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Caio Machado marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Don Tale Mayes' UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Caio Machado's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Mayes had a slight advantage in power over Machado, with a 60% knock out percentage over Machado's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Machado had an advantage over Mayes, with a 25% submission rate over Mayes' 10%.

Don Tale Mayes was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Mayes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Machado.

Mayes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year earlier than Machado, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 50 to Machado's 31.

Mayes vs Machado form

Machado had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Michael Parkin at UFC Fight Night – Allen vs Craig on 18th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Edison Lopes at BFL 75 on 1st December 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Lee Mein at BFL 69 on 1st October 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight in Western Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Chris Larsen at BFL 67 on 4th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight in Canada.

He was victorious against Lee Mein at BFL 66 on 19th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their BFL Heavyweight championship fight at Vancouver.

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Machado's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Mayes vs Machado?

Don Tale Mayes was a 9/10 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Caio Machado made his way into the ring at 9/10 (-110) with oddsmakers.