Haqparast vs Quinones

Who won Haqparast vs Quinones?

Nasrat Haqparast beat Landon Quinones by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 293, on Saturday 9th September 2023 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nasrat Haqparast.

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).

Haqparast vs Quinones stats

Nasrat Haqparast stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Landon Quinones made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Nasrat Haqparast's UFC record stood at 8-4-0, while Landon Quinones' came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Quinones had a slight advantage in power over Haqparast, with a 71% knock out percentage over Haqparast's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Quinones had an advantage over Haqparast, with a 14% submission rate over Haqparast's 0%.

Nasrat Haqparast was the same age as Landon Quinones, at 28 years old.

Haqparast had a height advantage of 1 inch over Quinones. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Haqparast was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Quinones, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 43 to Quinones' 25.

Haqparast vs Quinones form

Haqparast 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 won against John Makdessi at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had lost to Bobby Green at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Dan Hooker at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Joaquim Silva at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Prudential Center, Newark.

He had defeated Marc Diakiese at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

Activity check

Haqparast'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.

What were the odds on Haqparast vs Quinones?

Nasrat Haqparast was a 11/50 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Landon Quinones made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.