Souza vs Weidman

Who won Souza vs Weidman?

Ronaldo Souza beat Chris Weidman by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of UFC 230, on Saturday 3rd November 2018 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Souza vs Weidman stats

Ronaldo Souza stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Chris Weidman made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Chris Weidman marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Ronaldo Souza's UFC record stood at 9-7-0, while Chris Weidman's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Weidman had a massive power advantage over Souza, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Souza's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Weidman had a large advantage over Souza, boasting a 29% submission rate over Souza's 0%.

Ronaldo Souza was the older man by 5 years, at 45 years old.

Weidman had a height advantage of 1 inch over Souza. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Souza was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2003, 5 years and 5 months earlier than Weidman, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 71 to Weidman's 54.

Souza vs Weidman form

Chris Weidman had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Brad Tavares at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Uriah Hall at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Omari Akhmedov at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Dominick Reyes at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at TD Garden, Boston.

He had lost to Ronaldo Souza at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Souza's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Weidman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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