Brad Pickett vs Francisco Rivera — UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Brad Pickett vs Francisco Rivera

Bantamweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping

Saturday, February 27, 2016 · London · England

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Result

Brad Pickett def. Francisco Rivera

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Neil HallBen Cartlidge · 28-29Maciej Motylewski · 29-28Paul Sutherland · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Brad PickettRound 3Francisco Rivera

6 / 25Sig. strikes7 / 19

24%Accuracy37%

24 / 43Total strikes7 / 19

0Knockdowns0

2 / 3Takedowns1 / 1

0Sub. attempts0

2:47Control0:12

1.2Pace / min1.4

93%Control share7%

Brad Pickett

Targethead 33% · body 17% · leg 50%

Phasedistance 50% · clinch 0% · ground 50%

Francisco Rivera

Targethead 86% · body 0% · leg 14%

Phasedistance 71% · clinch 29% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Control edgeBrad Pickett held 167s of control to 12s.Striking edgeFrancisco Rivera struck at 37% accuracy to 24%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Pace downBrad Pickett's significant-strike pace moved -65% from R2 to R3, 1.2 against 3.4 per minute.
Phase shiftBrad Pickett's ground share of landed strikes moved +50 pts, to 50% on the ground against 50% at distance.
Grappling pressureBrad Pickett attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 3 against 1.
Control swingBrad Pickett's control time moved +134s, 167s against 33s.
Pace downFrancisco Rivera's significant-strike pace moved -72% from R2 to R3, 1.4 against 5.0 per minute.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Brad Pickett

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Francisco Rivera

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

39Brad Pickett sig. strikes

69Francisco Rivera sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-72%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Francisco Rivera)