Rothwell vs Preux

Who won Rothwell vs Preux?

Ben Rothwell beat Ovince St. Preux by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night Jacksonville, on Wednesday 13th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ben Rothwell.

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).

Rothwell vs Preux stats

Ben Rothwell stepped into the octagon with a record of 37 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 28 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Ovince St. Preux made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Ovince St. Preux marked his 28th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Ben Rothwell's UFC record stood at 9-8-0, while Ovince St. Preux's came in at 15-13-0.

The stats suggested Rothwell had a large advantage in power over St. Preux, boasting a 76% knock out percentage over St. Preux's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested St. Preux had an advantage over Rothwell, with a 33% submission rate over Rothwell's 16%.

Ben Rothwell was the older man by 2 years, at 43 years old.

Rothwell had a height advantage of 1 inch over St. Preux. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Rothwell was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 7 years and 8 months earlier than St. Preux, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 90 to St. Preux's 95.

Rothwell vs Preux form

Rothwell 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 won against Chris Barnett at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in the United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 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 Ovince St. Preux at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 13th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Stefan Struve at UFC on ESPN 7 on 7th December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Capital One Arena, Washington D.C..

He had been beaten by Andrei Arlovski at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Ovince St. Preux had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Nikita Krylov at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Dominick Reyes at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had been beaten by Ilir Latifi at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Ben Rothwell had been fighting more than Ovince St. Preux.

Going to this contest, Ben Rothwell had last fought 3 years, 9 months and 20 days ago, while Ovince St. Preux's last outing had been 5 years, 5 months and 14 days ago.

Rothwell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

St. Preux's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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