Who won Lee vs Chiesa?
Kevin Lee beat Michael Chiesa by submission in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 112, on Sunday 25th June 2017 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).
Lee vs Chiesa stats
Kevin Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.
Michael Chiesa made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.
Kevin Lee's UFC record stood at 11-8-0, while Michael Chiesa's came in at 11-7-0.
The stats suggested Lee had a slight advantage in power over Chiesa, with a 7% knock out percentage over Chiesa's 0%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chiesa had a large advantage over Lee, boasting a 71% submission rate over Lee's 47%.
Kevin Lee was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.
Chiesa had a height advantage of 4 inches over Lee. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.
Lee was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 7 months later than Chiesa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 67 to Chiesa's 47.
Lee vs Chiesa form
Kevin Lee had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.
Previous to that, he had won against Gregor Gillespie at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester.
Before that, he had been defeated by Al Iaquinta at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee.
He had beaten Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by knockout in the 5th round at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.
Activity check
Lee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.
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