Brown vs Zaleski

Who won Brown vs Zaleski?

Randy Brown beat Elizeu Zaleski by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 302, on Saturday 1st June 2024 at Prudential Center in Newark.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Randy Brown.

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).

Brown vs Zaleski stats

Randy Brown stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Elizeu Zaleski made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Randy Brown's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Elizeu Zaleski marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Randy Brown's UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Elizeu Zaleski's came in at 10-4-1.

The stats suggested Zaleski had an advantage in power over Brown, with a 58% knock out percentage over Brown's 39%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brown had an advantage over Zaleski, with a 28% submission rate over Zaleski's 13%.

Randy Brown was the younger man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Brown had a height advantage of 4 inches over Zaleski. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Brown was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 6 months later than Zaleski, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 19 less professional rounds, 53 to Zaleski's 72.

Brown vs Zaleski form

Brown had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Muslim Salikhov at UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov on 3rd February 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Wellington Turman at UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria on 24th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

Before that, he had defeated Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

He was victorious against Khaos Williams at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Elizeu Zaleski had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had drawn with Rinat Fakhretdinov at UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis on 4th November 2023 by split decision in the 3rd round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Abubakar Nurmagomedov at UFC Fight Night – Kara-France vs. Albazi on 3rd June 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jingliang Li at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

He had defeated Curtis Millender at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Randy Brown had been fighting more than Elizeu Zaleski.

Going to this contest, Randy Brown had last fought 7 months and 3 days ago, while Elizeu Zaleski's last outing had been 10 months and 2 days ago.

Brown's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Zaleski's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What time did Brown vs Zaleski start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:10 AM UTC , which was 10:10 PM EST or 7:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Brown vs Zaleski?

Randy Brown was a 57/100 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Elizeu Zaleski made his way into the ring at 3/2 (+150) with oddsmakers.