Rua vs Villante

Who won Rua vs Villante?

Mauricio Rua beat Gian Villante by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event 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 Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Rua vs Villante stats

Mauricio Rua stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Gian Villante made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Mauricio Rua's UFC record stood at 11-12-1, while Gian Villante's came in at 7-11-0.

The stats suggested Rua had an advantage in power over Villante, with a 79% knock out percentage over Villante's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Villante had a slight advantage over Rua, with a 13% submission rate over Rua's 4%.

Mauricio Rua was the older man by 4 years, at 43 years old.

Villante had a height advantage of 2 inches over Rua. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Rua was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 6 years and 3 months earlier than Villante, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 85 to Villante's 66.

Rua vs Villante form

Rua had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ovince St. Preux at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Paul Craig at UFC 255 on 21st November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ant nio Rog rio Nogueira at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had drawn with Paul Craig at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split draw in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He had beaten Tyson Pedro at UFC Fight Night 142 on 1st December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Adelaide Entertainment Center, Adelaide, South Australia.

Activity check

Rua's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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