Preston Parsons vs Matthew Semelsberger — UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Preston Parsons vs Matthew Semelsberger

Welterweight · 3 rounds · Card

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Preston ParsonsWinner

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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2

Saturday, January 13, 2024 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Preston Parsons def. Matthew Semelsberger

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

Referee · Dan MiragliottaMike Bell · 27-30Junichiro Kamijo · 27-30Ron McCarthy · 27-30Source · 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

Preston ParsonsRound 3Matthew Semelsberger

10 / 21Sig. strikes8 / 19

48%Accuracy42%

35 / 50Total strikes8 / 19

0Knockdowns0

2 / 3Takedowns0 / 0

1Sub. attempts2

3:41Control0:54

2.0Pace / min1.6

80%Control share20%

Preston Parsons

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 20% · clinch 0% · ground 80%

Matthew Semelsberger

Targethead 88% · body 13% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 88% · clinch 13% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgePreston Parsons landed 10 significant strikes to 8.Control edgePreston Parsons held 221s of control to 54s.

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

What changed from R2

Pace downPreston Parsons's significant-strike pace moved -41% from R2 to R3, 2.0 against 3.4 per minute.
Target shiftPreston Parsons's head share of landed strikes moved +41 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftPreston Parsons's ground share of landed strikes moved +62 pts, to 80% on the ground against 20% at distance.
Control swingPreston Parsons's control time moved +77s, 221s against 144s.
Target shiftMatthew Semelsberger's head share of landed strikes moved +21 pts, to 88% head with 13% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftMatthew Semelsberger's ground share of landed strikes moved -22 pts, to 0% on the ground against 88% at distance.

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.

Preston Parsons

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.

Matthew Semelsberger

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

47Preston Parsons sig. strikes

28Matthew Semelsberger sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-41%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Preston Parsons)