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 loses 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 loses and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.

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 at 40% submission rate over Magny's 15%.

Gilbert Burns was the older man by 1 year, at 37 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 42 less professional rounds, 61 to Magny's 103.

Burns vs Magny form

Burns had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Stephen Thompson at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by 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.

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

He had won against Demian Maia at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Magny had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Jingliang Li at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Going into that contest, he had beat Craig White at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Carlos Condit at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 215 on 9th September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Gilbert Burns had been fighting more than Neil Magny.

Going to this contest, Gilbert Burns had last fought 1 year, 7 months and 24 days ago, while Neil Magny's last outing had been 3 years, 8 months and 26 days ago.

Burns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Magny's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 months. 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 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.