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.

This was Randy Brown's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Randy Brown's UFC record stood at 13-5-0, 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 34 years old.

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

Brown was arguably the less experienced 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 the same amount of professional rounds, 53 to Turman's 53.

Brown vs Turman form

Brown had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Elizeu Zaleski at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Muslim Salikhov at UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov on 3rd February 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Wellington Turman at UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria on 24th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had lost to Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 284 on 11th February 2023 by submission in the 1st round at RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia.

He was victorious against Francisco Trinaldo at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Wellington Turman had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by 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 defeated 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

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Randy Brown had been fighting more than Wellington Turman.

Going to this contest, Randy Brown had last fought 1 month and 23 days ago, while Wellington Turman's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 12 days ago.

Brown's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Turman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 8 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.