Brunson vs Heinisch

Who won Brunson vs Heinisch?

Derek Brunson beat Ian Heinisch by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 241, on Saturday 17th August 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Derek Brunson.

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).

Brunson vs Heinisch stats

Derek Brunson stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ian Heinisch made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Derek Brunson's UFC record stood at 14-7-0, while Ian Heinisch's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Brunson had a large advantage in power over Heinisch, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Heinisch's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had a slight advantage over Heinisch, with a 16% submission rate over Heinisch's 15%.

Derek Brunson was the older man by 5 years, at 40 years old.

Brunson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Heinisch. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Brunson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Heinisch, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 63 to Heinisch's 41.

Brunson vs Heinisch form

Brunson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Elias Theodorou at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Previous to that, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ronaldo Souza at UFC on FOX 27 on 27th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

Before that, he had beaten Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night 119 on 28th October 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He had defeated Daniel Kelly at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Activity check

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Heinisch's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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