Ige vs Tucker

Who won Ige vs Tucker?

Dan Ige beat Gavin Tucker by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Vegas 21, on Saturday 13th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Ige vs Tucker stats

Dan Ige stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Gavin Tucker made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Dan Ige's UFC record stood at 10-6-0, while Gavin Tucker's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Tucker had a slight advantage in power over Ige, with a 31% knock out percentage over Ige's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tucker had a slight advantage over Ige, with a 46% submission rate over Ige's 36%.

Dan Ige was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Ige had a height advantage of 1 inch over Tucker. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Ige was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 3 months later than Tucker, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 63 to Tucker's 34.

Ige vs Tucker form

Ige had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chan Sung Jung at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Gavin Tucker 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 been beaten by Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

He had defeated Mirsad Bekti at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

Ige's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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