Welterweight 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
Alex Oliveira v Joe Merritt
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero, Sat, Jun 27, 2015, Hollywood, Florida, USA
Referee Herb Dean
Referee Herb Dean
Alex Oliveira won by Unanimous decision, R3 5:00. Richard Bertrand 27 - 30. Chris Lee 27 - 30. Eliseo Rodriguez 27 - 30.
“Cowboy”
Height 5'11", Reach 76", Stance Orthodox, Age 27 on the night
Coming in 1-1-0 in the UFC over 2 fights
01/Round by round
3 of 3 Rnd (5-5-5)
| Alex Oliveira | Joe Merritt | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | Sig strikes | Takedowns | Control | KD | |
| Round 15:00 | 2 of 5 | 1 of 5 | 3:56 | 0 | 8 of 11 | 0 of 0 | 0:50 | 0 |
| Round 25:00 | 3 of 14 | 1 of 2 | 2:14 | 0 | 10 of 16 | 0 of 2 | 1:29 | 0 |
| Round 35:00 | 6 of 14 | 3 of 9 | 4:14 | 0 | 5 of 12 | 0 of 0 | 0:12 | 0 |
| Fight, 15:00 | 11 of 33 | 5 of 16 | 10:24 | 0 | 23 of 39 | 0 of 2 | 2:31 | 0 |
Landed of attempted in each round, control time as recorded, and knockdowns scored. The fight ran 15.0 minutes. Total strikes are held and not printed; they count the pitter-patter on the ground. A round where control reads “not recorded” is one the source did not time, not one with no control.