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 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Andre Fili at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer on 10th February 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Bryce Mitchell at UFC Fight Night – Fiziev vs Gamrot on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Nate Landwehr at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Damon Jackson at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in the United States.

He had been beaten by Movsar Evloev at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Ige's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Lopes' last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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