Roberts vs Gifford

Who won Roberts vs Gifford?

Roosevelt Roberts beat Thomas Gifford by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 8, on Saturday 27th April 2019 at BB&T Center in Sunrise.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Roosevelt Roberts.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Roberts vs Gifford stats

Roosevelt Roberts stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Thomas Gifford made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 13 by submission.

This was Roosevelt Roberts' 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Roosevelt Roberts' UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Thomas Gifford's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Roberts had a large advantage in power over Gifford, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Gifford's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gifford had an advantage over Roberts, with a 76% submission rate over Roberts' 57%.

Roosevelt Roberts was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Roberts had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gifford. Despite this, Gifford had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Roberts was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 years and 2 months later than Gifford, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 33 to Gifford's 49.

Roberts vs Gifford form

Roberts had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jim Miller at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Brok Weaver at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Vinc Pichel at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Target Center, Minneapolis.

Before that, he had beaten Thomas Gifford at UFC on ESPN+ 8 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BB&T Center, Sunrise.

He had defeated Tommy Aaron at Bellator 192 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Great Wester Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

Roberts' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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