Dariush vs Klose

Who won Dariush vs Klose?

Beneil Dariush beat Drakkar Klose by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 248, on Saturday 7th March 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Dariush vs Klose stats

Beneil Dariush stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Drakkar Klose made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Drakkar Klose marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Beneil Dariush's UFC record stood at 16-6-1, while Drakkar Klose's came in at 9-2-0.

The stats suggested Klose had a massive power advantage over Dariush, boasting a 36% knock out percentage over Dariush's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Dariush and Klose would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Beneil Dariush was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Dariush had a height advantage of 1 inch over Klose. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Dariush was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 years and 4 months earlier than Klose, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 56 to Klose's 44.

Dariush vs Klose form

Beneil Dariush had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Charles Oliveira at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had won against Mateusz Gamrot at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Tony Ferguson at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

He had defeated Diego Ferreira at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Dariush's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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