Amirkhani vs Pearce

Who won Amirkhani vs Pearce?

Jonathan Pearce beat Makwan Amirkhani by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 23rd July 2022 at The O2 in London.

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 Pearce stats

Makwan Amirkhani stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Jonathan Pearce made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Makwan Amirkhani's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Makwan Amirkhani's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Jonathan Pearce's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested that Amirkhani and Pearce have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Amirkhani and Pearce would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Makwan Amirkhani was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Pearce had a height advantage of 2 inches over Amirkhani. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Amirkhani was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years earlier than Pearce, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 53 to Pearce's 41.

Amirkhani vs Pearce 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 5 years, 1 month and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Pearce's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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