Trinaldo vs Salikhov

Who won Trinaldo vs Salikhov?

Muslim Salikhov beat Francisco Trinaldo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Vegas 28, on Saturday 5th June 2021 in the United States.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Muslim Salikhov.

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).

Trinaldo vs Salikhov stats

Francisco Trinaldo stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Muslim Salikhov made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Muslim Salikhov marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Francisco Trinaldo's UFC record stood at 18-8-0, while Muslim Salikhov's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Salikhov had a massive power advantage over Trinaldo, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Trinaldo's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Trinaldo had a slight advantage over Salikhov, with a 19% submission rate over Salikhov's 12%.

Francisco Trinaldo was the older man by 6 years, at 46 years old.

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

Trinaldo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 5 years and 2 months earlier than Salikhov, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 45 more professional rounds, 88 to Salikhov's 43.

Trinaldo vs Salikhov form

Salikhov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Andre Fialho at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jingliang Li at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had defeated Laureano Staropoli at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

He had been beaten by Alex Garcia at UFC Fight Night 122 on 25th November 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China.

Activity check

Trinaldo's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Salikhov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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