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.

Marvin Vettori's UFC record stood at 9-5-1, 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 42 more professional rounds, 68 to Roberson's 26.

Vettori vs Roberson form

Marvin Vettori had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Roman Dolidze at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Robert Whittaker at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had beaten 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.

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

He had defeated Jack Hermansson at UFC Vegas 16 on 5th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Karl Roberson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Brendan Allen at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 2 on 13th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Wellington Turman at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Golden1 Center, Sacramento.

Before that, he had been beaten by Glover Teixeira at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had won against Jack Marshman at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Marvin Vettori had been fighting more than Karl Roberson.

Going to this contest, Marvin Vettori had last fought 1 year, 6 months and 27 days ago, while Karl Roberson's last outing had been 3 years, 5 months and 21 days ago.

Vettori's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

Roberson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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