Brown vs Gooden

Who won Brown vs Gooden?

Randy Brown beat Jared Gooden by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 39, on Saturday 9th October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Randy Brown.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Brown vs Gooden stats

Randy Brown stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jared Gooden made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Randy Brown's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Jared Gooden's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Brown had a slight advantage in power over Gooden, with a 50% knock out percentage over Gooden's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Brown and Gooden would have been pretty equal, both with a 33% submission rate.

Randy Brown was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Brown had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gooden. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Brown was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Gooden, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 50 to Gooden's 76.

Brown vs Gooden form

Gooden had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Carlston Harris at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Niklas Stolze at UFC Vegas 33 on 31st July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Abubakar Nurmagomedov at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Steven Newell at LFA 59 on 1st February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Comerica Theatre, Phoenix.

Activity check

Brown's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Gooden's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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