Brown vs Turman

Who won Brown vs Turman?

Randy Brown beat Wellington Turman by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria, on Saturday 24th June 2023 at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced 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 Turman stats

Randy Brown stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Wellington Turman made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Randy Brown's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Wellington Turman's came in at 3-6-0.

The stats suggested Brown had an advantage in power over Turman, with a 38% knock out percentage over Turman's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Turman had an advantage over Brown, with a 44% submission rate over Brown's 31%.

Randy Brown was the older man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Brown had a height advantage of 3 inches over Turman. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Brown was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 months earlier than Turman, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 50 to Turman's 53.

Brown vs Turman form

Wellington Turman had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Andre Petroski at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Misha Cirkunov at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sam Alvey at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had been beaten by Bruno Silva at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

He had defeated Markus Perez at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Activity check

Turman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Brown vs Turman?

Randy Brown was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Wellington Turman made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.