Moicano vs Stephens

Who won Moicano vs Stephens?

Renato Moicano beat Jeremy Stephens by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on FOX 24, on Saturday 15th April 2017 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Renato Moicano.

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).

Moicano vs Stephens stats

Renato Moicano stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 1 draw and 5 by submission.

Jeremy Stephens made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Renato Moicano's 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Renato Moicano's UFC record stood at 11-5-0, while Jeremy Stephens' came in at 15-18-0.

The stats suggested Stephens had a massive power advantage over Moicano, boasting a 68% knock out percentage over Moicano's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moicano had a massive advantage over Stephens, boasting a 50% submission rate over Stephens' 8%.

Renato Moicano was the younger man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Moicano had a height advantage of 2 inches over Stephens. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Moicano was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 2 months later than Stephens, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 55 less professional rounds, 58 to Stephens' 113.

Moicano vs Stephens form

Renato Moicano had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Brad Riddell at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alexander Hernandez at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had defeated Jai Herbert at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Damir Had ovi at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Jeremy Stephens had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Calvin Kattar at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

Before that, he had lost to Jose Aldo at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

He had won against Josh Emmett at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Renato Moicano had been fighting more than Jeremy Stephens.

Going to this contest, Renato Moicano had last fought 1 year, 5 months and 22 days ago, while Jeremy Stephens' last outing had been 3 years, 11 months and 25 days ago.

Moicano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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