Barriault vs Njokuani

Who won Barriault vs Njokuani?

Chidi Njokuani beat Marc Andr Barriault by during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 5th February 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Chidi Njokuani.

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).

Barriault vs Njokuani stats

Marc Andr Barriault stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Chidi Njokuani made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Marc Andr Barriault's UFC record stood at 5-6-0, while Chidi Njokuani's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Barriault had an advantage in power over Njokuani, with a 69% knock out percentage over Njokuani's 58%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Njokuani had a slight advantage over Barriault, with a 5% submission rate over Barriault's 0%.

Marc Andr Barriault was the younger man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Njokuani had a height advantage of 2 inches over Barriault. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Barriault was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 6 years and 7 months later than Njokuani, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 55 to Njokuani's 69.

Barriault vs Njokuani form

Barriault had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Eryk Anders at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had beaten Julian Marquez at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Anthony Hernandez at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Jordan Wright at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Chidi Njokuani at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Chidi Njokuani had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Albert Duraev at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Du ko Todorovi at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Marc Andr Barriault at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chidi Njokuani had been fighting more than Marc Andr Barriault.

Going to this contest, Marc Andr Barriault had last fought 10 months and 8 days ago, while Chidi Njokuani's last outing had been 7 months and 23 days ago.

Barriault's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Njokuani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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