Burns vs Magny

Who won Burns vs Magny?

Gilbert Burns beat Neil Magny by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 283, on Saturday 21st January 2023 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

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 Magny stats

Gilbert Burns stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Neil Magny made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Gilbert Burns' 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Neil Magny marked his 33rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Gilbert Burns' UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Neil Magny's came in at 22-11-0.

The stats suggested Burns had a slight advantage in power over Magny, with a 30% knock out percentage over Magny's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Burns had a large advantage over Magny, boasting a 40% submission rate over Magny's 15%.

Gilbert Burns was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Magny had a height advantage of 5 inches over Burns. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Burns was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 5 months later than Magny, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 38 less professional rounds, 69 to Magny's 107.

Burns vs Magny form

Burns 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 Stephen Thompson at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Demian Maia at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

He was victorious against Gunnar Nelson at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Activity check

Burns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Burns vs Magny?

Gilbert Burns was a 17/100 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Neil Magny made his way into the ring at 83/20 (+420) with oddsmakers.