Roberts vs Parsons

Who won Roberts vs Parsons?

Jonny Parsons beat Danny Roberts by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura, on Saturday 22nd July 2023 at O2 Arena in London.

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).

Roberts vs Parsons stats

Danny Roberts stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jonny Parsons made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

Danny Roberts' UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Jonny Parsons' came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Parsons had a large advantage in power over Roberts, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Roberts' 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Roberts had a large advantage over Parsons, boasting a 28% submission rate over Parsons' 0%.

Danny Roberts was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Roberts had a height advantage of 3 inches over Parsons. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Roberts was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 14 years and 6 months later than Parsons, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 52 to Parsons' 26.

Roberts vs Parsons form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Francisco Trinaldo at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Ramazan Emeev at UFC Vegas 40 on 16th October 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Zelim Imadaev at UFC on ESPN+ 21 on 9th November 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at CSKA Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had been beaten by Claudio Silva at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had defeated David Zawada at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

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Roberts' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Roberts vs Parsons?

Danny Roberts was a 69/100 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Jonny Parsons made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+120) with oddsmakers.