Ige vs Lopes

Who won Ige vs Lopes?

Diego Lopes beat Dan Ige by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 303, on Saturday 29th June 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Diego Lopes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the 165 Catchweight division, which meant the weight limit was 165 pounds (11.8 stone or 74.8 KG).

Ige vs Lopes stats

Dan Ige stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Diego Lopes made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

This was Dan Ige's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Diego Lopes marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Dan Ige's UFC record stood at 10-7-0, while Diego Lopes' came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Lopes had a slight advantage in power over Ige, with a 42% knock out percentage over Ige's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lopes had a large advantage over Ige, boasting a 50% submission rate over Ige's 28%.

Dan Ige was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Lopes had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ige. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ige was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 9 months later than Lopes, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 66 to Lopes' 60.

Ige vs Lopes form

Ige had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Chan Sung Jung at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Gavin Tucker at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

He had defeated Mirsad Bekti at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

Ige's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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