Mateusz Rębecki defeats Kyle Prepolec by KO/TKO
Rębecki vs Prepolec — Lightweight · UFC Fight Night
What happened
The result, the defining moments, and what the verdict means.
Rebecki closed the distance quickly and took Prepolec to the mat. From there, he controlled Prepolec’s legs and held top position.
Rebecki kept working from top position. He landed unanswered strikes.
Unanswered ground strikes brought the stoppage at 4:41 of round one.
- Official UFC resultsUFC.com — UFC Belgrade prelim results
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Archive Pre-fight material — kept for transparency.
- 20-5-0
- Record
- 18-10-0
- 1-4 last 5
- Recent formRecent formWin–loss record over the fighter’s last five bouts, newest first, as carried in their UFC/FightMetric career stats.
- 3-2 across his last five, with both defeats coming inside the UFC
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- StanceStanceWhich side a fighter leads from — a striking term, not a religious one. Orthodox: right-handed, left foot and hand forward (the common default). Southpaw: the mirror image, right side forward (usually a left-hander). Switch: changes between the two during a fight.
- Southpaw
- 80%
- Finish rateFinish %Finish rateThe share of a fighter’s wins that ended inside the distance — by KO/TKO or submission — rather than going to the judges’ scorecards. Higher means more finishes.
- 77.8% — 14 of 18 wins by stoppage
- 4.79
- Sig. strikes landed / minStrikes / minSignificant strikes landed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter lands for every minute of fight time — a read on striking output and pace. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
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- 4.36
- Sig. strikes absorbed / minAbsorbed / minSignificant strikes absorbed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter takes for every minute of fight time. Lower is better — it means they get hit less often. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
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- 55%
- Striking defenseStrike def.Striking defenseThe percentage of opponents’ significant strikes that do not land — strikes slipped, blocked or evaded. Higher is better. Not the same as striking accuracy, which counts your own strikes that land. From UFC/FightMetric.
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- 53%
- Takedown defenseTD def.Takedown defenseThe percentage of opponents’ takedown attempts that are stuffed. Higher means harder to put on the mat. From UFC/FightMetric.
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- 11:29
- Avg. fight timeAvg. timeAverage fight timeThe mean length of the fighter’s bouts (minutes:seconds) — a rough read on whether they tend to finish early or go the distance. From UFC/FightMetric.
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- Poland
- Nationality
- Canada
- American Top Team
- Team
- Maximum Training Centre · Windsor
Career stats per UFC.com; recent form is each fighter's last five bouts. Numbers reflect records coming into fight night. Bars compare each stat on a fixed scale; the “Edge” marker flags the leading corner where the gap is meaningful. The snapshot plots five career rates — output, striking defense, durability (strikes absorbed, inverted), takedown defense and finish rate — each normalised on its own scale.
Pre-fight analysis — how we saw it going in
Case for Rębecki
Rębecki still finishes at an 80% clip — nine knockouts and seven submissions in twenty wins — and he is the more proven grappler of the two. His recent form is the problem, not his skill set: three straight losses, the most recent a third-round rear-naked choke against Grant Dawson, a specialist. Against a southpaw who has been submitted three times, most recently by Benoît Saint Denis at UFC 315, his pressure and top game are the clearest route.
Case for Prepolec
Prepolec is 0-4 in the Octagon but competitive in three of those four — he took Nordine Taleb and Austin Hubbard the distance, and shared Fight of the Night with Drew Dober in October before a third-round stoppage. Ten of his eighteen wins are by knockout, he fights southpaw, and at 36 he is fighting for his roster place.
What We Were Watching For
- Whether Rębecki looks for the takedown early — seven of his twenty wins are submissions, and three of Prepolec's four stoppage defeats came that way.
- Prepolec's southpaw stance against Rębecki's pressure — both of his UFC decision losses went the full fifteen minutes.
- Cardio into round three. Prepolec has been stopped late twice; Rębecki has finished late himself.
- Roster stakes on both sides — a combined 3-6 across their last nine appearances, and the five most recent between them were all defeats.
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