Alhassan vs Chirico

Who won Alhassan vs Chirico?

Abdul Razak Alhassan beat Alessio Di Chirico by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 35, on Saturday 28th August 2021 at UFC APEX in Enterprise.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Alhassan vs Chirico stats

Abdul Razak Alhassan stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alessio Di Chirico made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Abdul Razak Alhassan's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Abdul Razak Alhassan's UFC record stood at 6-6-0, while Alessio Di Chirico's came in at 4-7-0.

The stats suggested Alhassan had a massive power advantage over Chirico, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Chirico's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chirico had a massive advantage over Alhassan, boasting a 31% submission rate over Alhassan's 0%.

Abdul Razak Alhassan was the older man by 5 years, at 39 years old.

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

Alhassan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 11 months later than Chirico, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 29 to Chirico's 41.

Alhassan vs Chirico form

Abdul Razak Alhassan had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jacob Malkoun at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Khaos Williams at UFC Vegas 14 on 14th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Mounir Lazzez at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had won against Niko Price at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States.

He had lost to Omari Akhmedov at UFC Fight Night 109 on 28th May 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Activity check

Alhassan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Chirico's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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