Mati vs Macias

Who won Mati vs Macias?

Reshat Mati beat Irving Macias by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Friday 15th March 2024 at Madison Square Garden Theater in New York.

The scorecards were announced as 80-72, 80-72, 79-73 in favor of winner Reshat Mati.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Callum Walsh beating Dauren Yeleussinov. Also, on the undercard Feargal McCrory defeated Carlos Carlson, Joseph Ward was victorious over Derrick Webster and Cletus Seldin beat Jose Angulo.

Mati vs Macias stats

Reshat Mati stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Irving Macias made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws.

Reshat Mati was the older man by 2 years, at 25 years old.

Macias had a height advantage of 2 inches over Mati.

Both Reshat Mati & Irving Macias fought out of an orthodox stance.

Mati was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 less fights, and made his debut in 2018, 5 months later than Macias, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 75 to Macias' 89.

Mati vs Macias form

Mati remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Dakota Linger on 24th June 2023 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Eduardo Leonel Rodriguez on 22nd October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico.

Going into that contest, he had beat Joe Eli Hernandez on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Before that, he had won against Vladyslav Baranov on 1st October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

He had beat Ryan Pino on 29th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Mati's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.2 rounds on average.

What time did Mati vs Macias start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Mati vs Macias?

Mati vs Macias was broadcast on UFC Fight Pass in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by UFC Fight Pass UK.

What were the odds on Mati vs Macias?

Reshat Mati was a 1/33 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Irving Macias made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.