UFC UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 3 Final

Anthony Birchak vs Thomas Almeida

Thomas Almeida

“Thominhas”

23-5

Winner

Thomas Almeida

KO/TKO (Punches · Head · At Distance) · Round 1 — 4:24

7 November 2015 · Ginasio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Key takeaways

Thomas Almeida beat Anthony Birchak by KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:24.
Thomas Almeida landed 26 of 52 total strikes, with 0:05 of control time.
Anthony Birchak landed more total strikes — 27 to 26 — and still lost the fight.

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Tale of the tape

Anthony BirchakThomas Almeida

16-8Record23-5

29Age on fight night24

5′8″ (173 cm)Height5′7″ (170 cm)

69″ (175 cm)Reach70″ (178 cm)

135 lb (61.2 kg)Weight145 lb (65.8 kg)

OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw

Luta Elite MMATeamChute Boxe Diego Lima

Tucson, Arizona, United StatesFromSao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Fight statistics

27of 91 · 30%Total strikes landed26of 52 · 50%

16of 71Head strikes19of 44

3of 10Body strikes6of 7

8of 10Leg strikes1of 1

0Knockdowns1

0:22Control time0:05

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

Round by round

Anthony Birchak	Round	Thomas Almeida
27/91strikes0/5TD0KD0:22control	R1	26/52strikes0/0TD1KD0:05control

Form going into the fight

Anthony Birchak

LIan Entwistle2014
WJoe SotoKO/TKO R1 1:372015

Thomas Almeida

WTim Gorman2014
WYves JabouinKO/TKO R1 4:182015
WBrad PickettKO/TKO R2 0:292015

Also on this card

Dan Henderson vs Vitor BelfortKO/TKO R1 2:07Patrick Cummins vs Glover TeixeiraKO/TKO R2 1:12Piotr Hallmann vs Alex OliveiraKO/TKO R3 0:51Rashid Magomedov vs Gilbert Burnsunanimous decisionFabio Maldonado vs Corey Andersonunanimous decision

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