Semelsberger vs Sano

Who won Semelsberger vs Sano?

Matt Semelsberger beat Martin Sano by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 266, on Saturday 25th September 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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).

Semelsberger vs Sano stats

Matt Semelsberger stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Martin Sano made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Matt Semelsberger's 11th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Matt Semelsberger's UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Martin Sano's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Sano had a large advantage in power over Semelsberger, boasting a 25% knock out percentage over Semelsberger's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sano had a massive advantage over Semelsberger, boasting a 75% submission rate over Semelsberger's 0%.

Matt Semelsberger was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Semelsberger had a height advantage of 2 inches over Sano. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Semelsberger was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 4 years and 10 months later than Sano, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 31 more professional rounds, 46 to Sano's 15.

Semelsberger vs Sano form

Semelsberger 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 Jeremiah Wells at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jake Matthews at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alex Morono at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten AJ Fletcher at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Martin Sano at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Semelsberger's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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