Chiesa vs Brady

Who won Chiesa vs Brady?

Sean Brady beat Michael Chiesa by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 43, on Saturday 20th November 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Sean Brady.

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).

Chiesa vs Brady stats

Michael Chiesa stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws and 11 by submission.

Sean Brady made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 14 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Michael Chiesa's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Sean Brady marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Michael Chiesa's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, while Sean Brady's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Brady had a large advantage in power over Chiesa, boasting a 21% knock out percentage over Chiesa's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chiesa had a massive advantage over Brady, boasting a 61% submission rate over Brady's 29%.

Michael Chiesa was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Chiesa had a height advantage of 3 inches over Brady. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Chiesa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 5 years and 11 months earlier than Brady, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 48 to Brady's 48.

Chiesa vs Brady form

Michael Chiesa had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Vicente Luque at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Neil Magny at UFC Fight Island 8 on 20th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rafael dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at PNC Arena, Raleigh, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Diego Sanchez at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Carlos Condit at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

Chiesa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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