UFC UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Final

Tim Elliott vs Jordan Espinosa

Tim Elliott
United States

Tim Elliott

23-14-1

Winner

VS
Jordan Espinosa
United States

Jordan Espinosa

“The Gamer”

15-10

Winner

Tim Elliott

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

6 March 2021 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Tim Elliott beat Jordan Espinosa by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Tim Elliott landed 91 of 120 total strikes and 4 of 7 takedowns, with 13:19 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 30-27, 30-27, 30-25.

Tale of the tape

Tim ElliottJordan Espinosa
23-14-1Record15-10
34Age on fight night31
5′7″ (170 cm)Height5′6″ (168 cm)
66″ (168 cm)Reach69.5″ (177 cm)
125 lb (56.7 kg)Weight125 lb (56.7 kg)
SouthpawStanceOrthodox
Next Generation Mixed Martial ArtsTeamLuttrell-Yee MMA
Wichita, Kansas, United StatesFromMeriden, Connecticut, United States

Fight statistics

91of 120 · 76%Total strikes landed22of 35 · 63%
54of 76Head strikes16of 27
35of 40Body strikes4of 5
2of 4Leg strikes2of 3
4of 7Takedowns0
13:19Control time0:00

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Tim ElliottRoundJordan Espinosa
23/33strikes1/3TD0KD3:57controlR19/15strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
24/32strikes2/2TD0KD4:35controlR22/4strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
44/55strikes1/2TD0KD4:47controlR311/16strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control

Judges’ scorecards

Mike Bell

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Sal D'amato

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Chris Lee

10R1910R2810R38

30total25

Form going into the fight

Tim Elliott

  1. WRyan Benoitunanimous decision2020
  2. LBrandon Royvalsubmission R2 3:182020
  3. LAskar Askarovunanimous decision2020
  4. LDeiveson Figueiredosubmission R1 3:082019
  5. WMark De La Rosasubmission R2 1:412017

Jordan Espinosa

  1. LDavid Dvorakunanimous decision2020
  2. WMark De La Rosaunanimous decision2020
  3. LAlex Perezsubmission R1 2:332020
  4. LMatt Schnellsubmission R1 1:232019
  5. WEric Sheltonunanimous decision2019

Also on this card

Jan Blachowicz vs Israel Adesanyaunanimous decisionAmanda Nunes vs Megan Andersonsubmission R1 2:03Aljamain Sterling vs Petr YanDQ R4 4:29Drew Dober vs Islam Makhachevsubmission R3 1:37Thiago Santos vs Aleksandar Rakicunanimous decision

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