Who won Burns vs Chimaev?
Khamzat Chimaev beat Gilbert Burns by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 273, on Saturday 9th April 2022 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.
The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Khamzat Chimaev.
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).
Burns vs Chimaev stats
Gilbert Burns stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.
Khamzat Chimaev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.
Gilbert Burns' UFC record stood at 15-7-0, while Khamzat Chimaev's came in at 7-0-0.
The stats suggested Chimaev had a large advantage in power over Burns, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Burns' 30%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Burns and Chimaev would have been pretty equal, both with a 40% submission rate.
Gilbert Burns was the older man by 8 years, at 38 years old.
Chimaev had a height advantage of 4 inches over Burns. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Burns was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 3 months earlier than Chimaev, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 64 to Chimaev's 20.
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Chimaev's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.
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