Gaethje vs Cerrone

Who won Gaethje vs Cerrone?

Justin Gaethje beat Donald Cerrone by during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 16, on Saturday 14th September 2019 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Justin Gaethje.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gaethje vs Cerrone stats

Justin Gaethje stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Donald Cerrone made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins and 0 draws.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Cerrone, boasting at 85% knock out percentage over Cerrone's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gaethje had a slight advantage over Cerrone, with a 5% submission rate over Cerrone's 0%.

Justin Gaethje was the younger man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Cerrone had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gaethje. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Gaethje was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 year and 6 months later than Cerrone, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 56 less professional rounds, 59 to Cerrone's 115.

Gaethje vs Cerrone form

Justin Gaethje had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Edson Barboza at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated James Vick at UFC Fight Night 135 on 25th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Dustin Poirier at UFC on FOX 29 on 14th April 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Before that, he had lost to Eddie Alvarez at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit.

He had beat Michael Johnson at The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale on 7th July 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tony Ferguson at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Al Iaquinta at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had beat Mike Perry at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Pepsi Center, Denver, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

He had defeated Yancy Medeiros at UFC Fight Night 126 on 18th February 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Frank Erwin Center, Austin, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Donald Cerrone had been fighting more than Justin Gaethje.

Going to this contest, Justin Gaethje had last fought 4 years and 2 months ago, while Donald Cerrone's last outing had been 3 years, 11 months and 22 days ago.

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Cerrone's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 20 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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