Amirkhani vs Knight

Who won Amirkhani vs Knight?

Makwan Amirkhani beat Jason Knight by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 130, on Sunday 27th May 2018 at Echo Arena in Liverpool.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Makwan Amirkhani.

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 Knight stats

Makwan Amirkhani stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Jason Knight made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 13 by submission.

Makwan Amirkhani's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Jason Knight's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Knight had a slight advantage in power over Amirkhani, with a 15% knock out percentage over Amirkhani's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Amirkhani had a slight advantage over Knight, with a 69% submission rate over Knight's 65%.

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

Amirkhani was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year later than Knight, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 47 to Knight's 60.

Amirkhani vs Knight form

Makwan Amirkhani had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before 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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