UFC 252 Betting Trends, Records to Watch

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UFC 252 Main Card

Heavyweight Championship
Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier

Stipe Miocic (37-years-old)
UFC Record (13-3)

• Last Fight - KO/TKO win over Daniel Cormier (Round 4, 4:09) at UFC 241
• This is the third fight of a trilogy, with each fighter will once via KO/TKO
• Seven of his past fight bouts have resulted in KO/TKO (5-1)
• Hasn't had a submission result since a win over Bobby Brents at NAAFS: Fight Night in the Flats 7 on June 4, 2011
• Five of his past seven bouts have ended in Round 1, including loss to Cormier on July 7, 2018 at UFC 226

Daniel Cormier (41-years-old)
UFC Record (11-2)

• Last Fight - KO/TKO loss to Stipe Miocic (Round 4, 4:09) at UFC 241
• Each of his past six bouts has finished inside the distance (4-1 and one no contest)
• Three of his previous four outings have not made it past Round 2
• In 24 career professional fights, 11 have ended by KO/TKO (10-1) and five via submission (5-0)
• His last fight to go the distance was a unanimous-decision win vs. Anderson Silva at UFC 200 on July 9, 2016

Bantamweight Bout
Sean O'Malley vs. Marlon Vera

Sean O'Malley (25-years-old)
UFC Record (3-0)

• Last Fight - KO/TKO (Round 1, 1:54) vs. Eddie Wineland on June 6, 2020 at UFC 250
• Two of his three fights at the UFC level have finished inside the distance, both KO/TKO victories
• Eight of his 12 career professional fights have resulted in KO/TKO (8-0)
• Has had only one submission result (a rear-naked choke win) vs. Omar Avelar at ICF 20 on Aug. 21, 2015

Marlon Vera (27-years-old)
UFC Record (9-5)

• Last Fight - unanimous decision loss vs. Song Yadong on May 16, 2020
• Five of his past six bouts have finished inside the distance (5-0)
• In 22 career professional fights, eight have ended via submission (8-0) and five by way of KO/TKO (5-0)
• Seven of his past 12 pro bouts have ended up lasting into Round 3

Heavyweight Bout
Junior Dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Junior Dos Santos (36-years-old)
UFC Record (15-6)

• Last Fight - KO/TKO loss (Round 2, 1:06) vs. Curtis Blaydes in main event on Jan. 25, 2020
• Each of his past four bouts have ended via KO/TKO (2-2)
• Hasn't had a submission result in past 22 career fights since a loss Nov. 10, 2007
• 20 of his 28 career professional bouts have ended via KO/TKO (15-5)

Jairzinho Rozenstruik (32-years-old)
UFC Record (4-1)

• Last Fight - KO/TKO loss vs. Francis Ngannou (Round 1, 0:20) at UFC 249 on May 9, 2020
• Each of his past six pro fights (5-1), and 10 of his 11 career fights overall (9-1), have resulted in KO/TKO
• Only one of his 11 pro bouts has gone the distance, a win at Rizin FF over Andrey Kovalev on May 16, 2018
• Hasn't had a submission result in his career

Bantamweight Bout
John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili

John Dodson (35-years-old)
UFC Record (9-6)

• Last Fight - KO/TKO (Round 3, 0:16) vs. Nathaniel Wood on Feb. 15, 2020 in Rio Rancho, N.M.
• Hasn't won consecutive fights since a three-bout win streak from Oct. 19, 2013 to May 23, 2015
• Six of his past seven bouts have gone the distance
• Hasn't had a submission result since Dec. 15, 2007, a win over Zac White at Last Man Standing: The Prodigy
• In 33 career professional fights, 11 have ended via KO/TKO (11-0)

Merab Dvalishvili (29-years-old)
UFC Record (4-2)

• Last Fight - unanimous decision win vs. Gustavo Lopez on June 13, 2020
• Each of his past four fights, all victories, have resulted in unanimous decisions
• Just three of his previous 13 career pro bouts have ended up going the distance
• Has had just one career submission result, a win over Suhrob Aydarbekov at ROC 58 on Feb. 24, 2017

Light Heavyweight Bout
Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba

Magomed Ankalaev (28-years-old)
UFC Record (4-1)

• This is a rematch of their fight on Feb. 29, 2020
• Last Fight - KO/TKO (Round 1, 0:38) vs. Ion Cutelaba in UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville, Fla.
• Three of his past four fights have ended via KO/TKO (3-0)
• Seven of his previous eight professional bouts have finished inside the distance

Ion Cutelaba (26-years-old)
UFC Record (4-4)

• Last Fight - KO/TKO loss (Round 1, 0:38) vs. Magomed Ankalaev on Feb. 29, 2020
• Has never lost consecutive fights in his professional career
• Four of his past five fights have ended via KO/TKO (3-1)
• Each of his past five bouts have finished inside the distance

UFC 252 Prelims

Lightweight Bout
Jim Miller vs. Vinc Pichel

Jim Miller (36-years-old)
UFC Record (21-13-1)

• Last Fight - submission victory (Round 1, 2:25) vs. Roosevelt Roberts on June 20, 2020
• Five of his past six fights have ended via submission (4-1)
• Six of his previous seven bouts overall have finished inside the distance
• In each of those six fights, none have gone past Round 1

Vinc Pichel (37-years-old)
UFC Record (5-1)

• Last Fight - unanimous decision win vs. Roosevelt Roberts on June 29, 2019
• Four of his past six fights have ended up going the distance
• Has never won via submission in 14 career professional fights (0-1)
• Nine of his 14 career bouts have ended via KO/TKO (8-1), including 1-0 at UFC level

Women's Strawweight Bout
Ashley Yoder vs. Livinha Souza

Ashley Yoder (32-years-old)
UFC Record (2-3)

• Last Fight - split-decision loss vs. Randa Markos on Oct. 26, 2019
• Each of her past six pro fights have ended up going the distance
• Three of her past four fights at the UFC level have resulted in split-decisions (1-2)
• In 12 career fights she has never had a win or loss via KO/TKO

Livinha Souza (29-years-old)
UFC Record (2-1)

• Last Fight - unanimous decision loss vs. Brianna Van Buren on July 13, 2019
• Forced to pull out of fight last December due to back injury, thus her long absence from octagon
• Three of her past four fights have ended up going the distance
• In 15 career professional fights, eight have ended by way of submission (8-0) and two by KO/TKO (2-0)

Featherweight Bout
Herbert Burns vs. Daniel Pineda

Herbert Burns (32-years-old)
UFC Record (2-0)

• Last Fight - submission win (Round 1, 1:20) vs. Evan Dunham on June 6, 2020
• Each of his two fights at the UFC level have finished inside the distance
• In 13 career professional fights, eight have finished via submission (8-0)
• Only one fight, his UFC debut on Jan. 25, 2020 vs. Nate Landwehr, has ended via KO/TKO

Daniel Pineda (35-years-old)
UFC Record (0-0)

• Making UFC debut
• Last Fight - submission win (Round 1, 4:00) at PFL Playoffs vs. Jeremy Kennedy on Oct. 17, 2019
• Each of his past eight professional fights have finished inside the distance
• In 41 career pro fights, 25 have ended via submission (19-6) and 11 by way of KO/TKO (9-2)

Women's Strawweight Bout
Felice Herrig vs. Virna Jandiroba

Felice Herrig (35-years-old)
UFC Record (4-3)

• Last Fight - unanimous decision loss vs. Michelle Waterson at UFC 229 on Oct. 6, 2018
• Hasn't fought in over 22 months while recovering from a torn ACL suffered during training for a UFC 238 match
• Each of her past two fights have been losses via decision to Waterson and Karolina Kowalkiewicz
• Herrig's past five fights have gone the distance
• In 22 career pro fights, four have ended via submission (4-0) and one by KO/TKO (1-0)

Virna Jandiroba (32-years-old)
UFC Record (1-1)

• Last Fight - submission win (Round 2, 1:16) vs. Mallory Martin on Dec. 7, 2019
• Seven of her previous 10 professional fights have ended via submission (7-0)
• In 16 career pro fights, 12 have ended with Jandiroba winning via submission with no losses
• Six of Jandiroba's victories have come via rear-naked choke

UFC 252 Early Prelims

Featherweight Bout
TJ Brown vs. Danny Chavez

TJ Brown (30-years-old)
UFC Record (0-1)

• Last Fight - Feb. 29, 2020, a submission loss (Round 2, 3:38) against Jordan Griffin in his UFC debut
• Each of his past 10 professional fights have finished inside the distance
• In 21 career fights, 12 have ended via submission (9-3)
• Four of his past six professional fights have ended in Round 1

Danny Chavez (33-years-old)
UFC Record (0-0)

• Making UFC debut
• Last Fight - KO/TKO win (Round 1, 2:24) vs. Dylan Cala at Global Legion FC 14 on July 18, 2020
• Each of his past three fights (all wins) have resulted in KO/TKO
• Four of his past five fights have finished inside the distance after his first eight pro fights were decisions

Heavyweight Bout
Chris Daukaus vs. Parker Porter

Chris Daukaus (30-years-old)
UFC Record (0-0)

• Making UFC debut
• Last Fight - KO/TKO (Round 1, 1:30) vs. Danny Holmes at CFFC 77 on Aug. 16, 2019
• Each of his past six fights (5-1) have resulted in KO/TKO
• Just one of his 11 career professional fights have ended up going the distance

Parker Porter (35-years-old)
UFC Record (0-0)

• Making his UFC debut
• Last Fight - TKO (Round 3, 3:17) vs. Dirlei Broenstrup at CES MMA 58 on Sept. 7, 2019
• Each of his past nine fights have finished inside the distance
• In 15 career professional bouts, just two fights have gone the distance (2-0)

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