Potieria vs Almeida

When is Potieria vs Almeida?

Ihor Potieria is set to square off against Cesar Almeida during the prelims of UFC 307, on Saturday 5th October 2024 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The fight is scheduled for 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which means the weight limit will be 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Potieria vs Almeida stats

Ihor Potieria steps into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Cesar Almeida will make his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This will be Ihor Potieria's 6th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Cesar Almeida will mark his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Ihor Potieria's UFC record currently stands at 2-4-0, while Cesar Almeida's comes in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggest Almeida has a massive power advantage over Potieria, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Potieria's 45%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Potieria will have a large advantage over Almeida, boasting a 30% submission rate over Almeida's 0%.

Ihor Potieria is the younger man by 8 years, at 28 years old.

Potieria has a height advantage of 3 inches over Almeida.

Potieria is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in , 8 years and 6 months earlier than Almeida, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He has fought 30 more professional rounds, 41 to Almeida's 11.

Potieria vs Almeida form

Potieria has beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight, he lost to Michel Pereira at UFC 301 on 4th May 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Robert Bryczek at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer on 10th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Rodolfo Bellato at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Moody Center, Austin.

Before that, he had been defeated by Carlos Ulberg at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

He had beaten Mauricio Rua at UFC 283 on 21st January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Potieria's last 5 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 21 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 3 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Almeida's last 2 fights have come over a period of 5 months and 5 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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