Marques vs Nzechukwu

Who won Marques vs Nzechukwu?

Kennedy Nzechukwu beat Danilo Marques by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 30, on Saturday 26th June 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Marques vs Nzechukwu stats

Danilo Marques stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Kennedy Nzechukwu made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

Danilo Marques' UFC record stood at 2-2-0, while Kennedy Nzechukwu's came in at 6-5-0.

The stats suggested Nzechukwu had a large advantage in power over Marques, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Marques' 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Marques had a massive advantage over Nzechukwu, boasting a 45% submission rate over Nzechukwu's 0%.

Danilo Marques was the older man by 7 years, at 38 years old.

Marques had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nzechukwu. Despite this, Nzechukwu had 5-inch reach advantage.

Marques was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Nzechukwu, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 35 to Nzechukwu's 38.

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Nzechukwu's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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