Solecki vs Aliev

Who won Solecki vs Aliev?

Nurullo Aliev beat Joe Solecki by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 11th January 2025 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nurullo Aliev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Solecki vs Aliev stats

Joe Solecki stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws and 9 by submission.

Nurullo Aliev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Joe Solecki's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019. Nurullo Aliev marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Joe Solecki's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Nurullo Aliev's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Aliev had a large advantage in power over Solecki, boasting a 22% knock out percentage over Solecki's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Solecki had a massive advantage over Aliev, boasting a 69% submission rate over Aliev's 0%.

Joe Solecki was the older man by 31 years, at 31 years old.

Aliev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Solecki.

Solecki was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Aliev, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 38 to Aliev's 26.

Solecki vs Aliev form

Joe Solecki had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Grant Dawson at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Drakkar Klose at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had won against Carl Deaton III at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Alex da Silva at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Jared Gordon at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Solecki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Solecki vs Aliev start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 9:00 PM UTC , which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:00 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Solecki vs Aliev?

Joe Solecki was a 18/5 (+380) underdog going into the contest, while Nurullo Aliev made his way into the ring at 1/6 (-630) with oddsmakers.