Brunson vs Machida

Who won Brunson vs Machida?

Derek Brunson beat Lyoto Machida by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 119, on Saturday 28th October 2017 at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Brunson vs Machida stats

Derek Brunson stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Lyoto Machida made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Derek Brunson's UFC record stood at 14-7-0, while Lyoto Machida's came in at 16-8-0.

The stats suggested Brunson had an advantage in power over Machida, with a 59% knock out percentage over Machida's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had a slight advantage over Machida, with a 18% submission rate over Machida's 9%.

Derek Brunson was the younger man by 6 years, at 40 years old.

Brunson had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Brunson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 years later than Machida, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 63 to Machida's 99.

Brunson vs Machida form

Machida had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chael Sonnen at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 213 on 15th December 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had defeated Vitor Belfort at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He was victorious against Eryk Anders at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem.

Activity check

Brunson's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Machida's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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