Vettori vs Roberson

Who won Vettori vs Roberson?

Marvin Vettori beat Karl Roberson by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 2, on Saturday 13th June 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Vettori vs Roberson stats

Marvin Vettori stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Karl Roberson made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Marvin Vettori's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Marvin Vettori's UFC record stood at 9-6-1, while Karl Roberson's came in at 4-6-0.

The stats suggested Roberson had a slight advantage in power over Vettori, with a 22% knock out percentage over Vettori's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vettori had an advantage over Roberson, with a 57% submission rate over Roberson's 44%.

Marvin Vettori was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Roberson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Vettori. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Vettori was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 10 months earlier than Roberson, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 47 more professional rounds, 73 to Roberson's 26.

Vettori vs Roberson form

Marvin Vettori had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Paulo Costa at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jack Hermansson at UFC Vegas 16 on 5th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Karl Roberson at UFC Vegas 2 on 13th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Cezar Ferreira at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Golden1 Center, Sacramento.

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Vettori's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Roberson's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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