UFC UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov Final

Raoni Barcelos vs Timur Valiev

Raoni Barcelos
Brazil

Raoni Barcelos

22-5

VS
Timur Valiev
Russia

Timur Valiev

“Lucky”

19-5

Winner

Winner

Timur Valiev

Decision - Majority · Round 3 — 5:00

26 June 2021 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Timur Valiev beat Raoni Barcelos by majority decision after three rounds.
  • Timur Valiev landed 77 of 190 total strikes and 0 of 6 takedowns, with 0:42 of control time.
  • Raoni Barcelos landed more total strikes — 81 to 77 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 28-28, 28-29, 28-29.
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Tale of the tape

Raoni BarcelosTimur Valiev
22-5Record19-5
34Age on fight night31
5′7″ (170 cm)Height5′6″ (168 cm)
67″ (170 cm)Reach67″ (170 cm)
135 lb (61.2 kg)Weight135 lb (61.2 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
Laerte Barcelos TeamTeamDagFighter
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilFromMakhachkala, Dagestan, Russia

Fight statistics

81of 144 · 56%Total strikes landed77of 190 · 41%
62of 123Head strikes38of 137
8of 10Body strikes18of 28
11of 11Leg strikes21of 25
2Knockdowns0
1:23Control time0:42

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

Round by round

Raoni BarcelosRoundTimur Valiev
12/26strikes0/0TD0KD0:16controlR118/47strikes0/1TD0KD0:28control
47/73strikes0/0TD2KD1:07controlR228/59strikes0/2TD0KD0:01control
22/45strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR331/84strikes0/3TD0KD0:13control

Judges’ scorecards

Mike Bell

9R11010R289R310

28total28

Ron McCarthy

9R11010R299R310

28total29

Rick Winter

9R11010R299R310

28total29

Form going into the fight

Raoni Barcelos

  1. WKhalid Tahaunanimous decision2020
  2. WSaid Nurmagomedovunanimous decision2019
  3. WCarlos HuachinKO/TKO R2 4:492019
  4. WChris Gutierrezsubmission R2 4:122018
  5. WKurt Holobaugh2018

Timur Valiev

  1. WMartin Dayunanimous decision2021
  2. ?Trevin Jonesoverturned R2 1:592020

Also on this card

Alexander Volkov vs Ciryl Ganeunanimous decisionOvince Saint Preux vs Tanner BoserKO/TKO R2 2:31Daniel Pineda vs Andre Filicould not continue R2 0:46Tim Means vs Nicolas Dalbyunanimous decisionRenato Moicano vs Jai Herbertsubmission R2 4:34

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