When was Solecki vs Gordon?

Joe Solecki fought Jared Gordon on Saturday 2nd October 2021.

Solecki vs Gordon - News, Head-To-Head, Tape & Tickets

UFC Vegas 38

Solecki

Oct 02 2021

Saturday

UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States

Prelim

3 rounds contest @ Lightweight

Gordon

10-2-0

SD 3

17-4-0

The tape

Age

5' 9" / 175 cm

Height

5' 9" / 175 cm

70.5" / 179 cm

Reach

68.1" / 173 cm

Tape record

SUBUDSUBUDSUB

Form

UDUDKOUDKO

Wins

By KO

KO%

By SUB

SUB%

Loses

Stopped

Tapped

Draws

2016

Debut

2011

Bouts

Rounds

1 hours, 14 minutes

Fight Time

4 hours, 1 minutes

Tape rankings @ Lightweight

UFC

Bellator

Tapology

Joe Solecki vs Jared Gordon report

Who won Solecki vs Gordon?

Jared Gordon beat Joe Solecki by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Vegas 38, on Saturday 2nd October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jared Gordon.

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).

Solecki vs Gordon stats

Joe Solecki stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Jared Gordon made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Joe Solecki's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Jared Gordon marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Joe Solecki's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Jared Gordon's came in at 8-6-0.

The stats suggested Gordon had a large advantage in power over Solecki, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Solecki's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Solecki had a massive advantage over Gordon, boasting a 70% submission rate over Gordon's 12%.

Joe Solecki was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Solecki had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Solecki was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 years and 8 months later than Gordon, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 32 less professional rounds, 38 to Gordon's 70.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jared Gordon had been fighting more than Joe Solecki.

Going to this contest, Joe Solecki had last fought 4 years, 5 months and 11 days ago, while Jared Gordon's last outing had been 5 years, 2 months and 17 days ago.