Brown vs Cruickshank

Who won Brown vs Cruickshank?

Damien Brown beat Daron Cruickshank by submission in the 1st round during the main card of RIZIN 14, on Monday 31st December 2018 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Brown vs Cruickshank division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Brown vs Cruickshank stats

Damien Brown stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Daron Cruickshank made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Damien Brown's Rizin record stood at 2-1-0, while Daron Cruickshank's came in at 5-4-0.

The stats suggested Cruickshank had a massive power advantage over Brown, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Brown's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brown had a massive advantage over Cruickshank, boasting a 47% submission rate over Cruickshank's 9%.

Damien Brown was the older man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Brown had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cruickshank. Despite this, Cruickshank had 3-inch reach advantage.

Brown was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 8 months later than Cruickshank, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 67 to Cruickshank's 71.

Brown vs Cruickshank form

Cruickshank had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tofiq Musayev at RIZIN 16 on 2nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at World Memorial Hall, Kobe, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Damien Brown at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had won against Diego Brand o at RIZIN 13 on 30th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Tom Santos at RIZIN 11 on 29th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Koshi Matsumoto at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka.

Activity check

Brown's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Cruickshank's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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