Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Bruno Souza — UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Bruno Souza

Featherweight · 3 rounds · Card

Final

Melsik BaghdasaryanWinner

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UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2

Saturday, November 6, 2021 · New York City · New York

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Result

Melsik Baghdasaryan def. Bruno Souza

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

Referee · Todd Ronald AndersonSal D'amato · 28-29Doug Crosby · 28-29Eric Colon · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Melsik BaghdasaryanRound 3Bruno Souza

23 / 45Sig. strikes19 / 42

51%Accuracy45%

23 / 45Total strikes19 / 42

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns0 / 2

0Sub. attempts0

0:00Control0:05

4.6Pace / min3.8

0%Control share100%

Melsik Baghdasaryan

Targethead 39% · body 39% · leg 22%

Phasedistance 91% · clinch 9% · ground 0%

Bruno Souza

Targethead 53% · body 32% · leg 16%

Phasedistance 89% · clinch 11% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeMelsik Baghdasaryan landed 23 significant strikes to 19.

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

What changed from R2

Pace downMelsik Baghdasaryan's significant-strike pace moved -26% from R2 to R3, 4.6 against 6.2 per minute.
Accuracy shiftMelsik Baghdasaryan's significant-strike accuracy moved -21 pts, 51% against 72%.
Pace upBruno Souza's significant-strike pace moved +19% from R2 to R3, 3.8 against 3.2 per minute.
Target shiftBruno Souza's head share of landed strikes moved -22 pts, to 53% head with 32% body and 16% leg.

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.

Melsik Baghdasaryan

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.

Bruno Souza

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

75Melsik Baghdasaryan sig. strikes

46Bruno Souza sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+48%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Melsik Baghdasaryan)