Oliveira vs Means

Who won Oliveira vs Means?

Alex Oliveira beat Tim Means by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night 106, on Saturday 11th March 2017 at Olympic Training Center in Fortaleza.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Oliveira vs Means stats

Alex Oliveira stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Tim Means made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 18 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Tim Means marked his 30th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2012.

Alex Oliveira's UFC record stood at 11-10-0, while Tim Means' came in at 15-14-0.

The stats suggested Means had a slight advantage in power over Oliveira, with a 69% knock out percentage over Oliveira's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Oliveira had a slight advantage over Means, with a 19% submission rate over Means' 15%.

Alex Oliveira was the younger man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Means had a height advantage of 3 inches over Oliveira. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Oliveira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 7 years and 8 months later than Means, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 76 to Means' 97.

Oliveira vs Means form

Alex Oliveira had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Randy Brown at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Peter Sobotta at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Max Griffin at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Nicolas Dalby at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had been defeated by Mike Perry at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States.

Activity check

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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