Amirkhani vs Fishgold

Who won Amirkhani vs Fishgold?

Makwan Amirkhani beat Chris Fishgold by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 11, on Saturday 1st June 2019 at Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm.

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).

Amirkhani vs Fishgold stats

Makwan Amirkhani stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Chris Fishgold made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 13 by submission.

Makwan Amirkhani's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Chris Fishgold's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Fishgold had a slight advantage in power over Amirkhani, with a 11% knock out percentage over Amirkhani's 7%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fishgold had a slight advantage over Amirkhani, with a 72% submission rate over Amirkhani's 64%.

Makwan Amirkhani was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Amirkhani had a height advantage of 2 inches over Fishgold. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Amirkhani's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Fishgold's, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 months later than Fishgold, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 47 to Fishgold's 42.

Amirkhani vs Fishgold form

Makwan Amirkhani had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mike Grundy at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Lerone Murphy at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kamuela Kirk at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had beaten Chris Fishgold at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Activity check

Amirkhani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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