Cirkunov vs Turman

Who won Cirkunov vs Turman?

Wellington Turman beat Misha Cirkunov by submission in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 26th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Cirkunov vs Turman stats

Misha Cirkunov stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Wellington Turman made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Misha Cirkunov's UFC record stood at 6-7-0, while Wellington Turman's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Cirkunov had a slight advantage in power over Turman, with a 33% knock out percentage over Turman's 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cirkunov had an advantage over Turman, with a 53% submission rate over Turman's 41%.

Misha Cirkunov was the older man by 10 years, at 37 years old.

Cirkunov had a height advantage of 3 inches over Turman. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Cirkunov's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Turman's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 6 months earlier than Turman, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 18 less professional rounds, 35 to Turman's 53.

Cirkunov vs Turman form

Misha Cirkunov had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Krzysztof Jotko at UFC Vegas 38 on 2nd October 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ryan Spann at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jimmy Crute at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he had beaten Patrick Cummins at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton.

He had been defeated by Glover Teixeira at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at MTS Centre, Winnipeg.

Activity check

Cirkunov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Turman's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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