Hawes vs Malkoun

Who won Hawes vs Malkoun?

Phil Hawes beat Jacob Malkoun by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 254, on Saturday 24th October 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Hawes vs Malkoun stats

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

Jacob Malkoun made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 4 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Phil Hawes' UFC record stood at 4-4-0, while Jacob Malkoun's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Malkoun had a massive power advantage over Hawes, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Hawes' 0%.

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

Phil Hawes was the older man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

Hawes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Malkoun. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Hawes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years earlier than Malkoun, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 27 to Malkoun's 26.

Hawes vs Malkoun form

Hawes 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 Roman Dolidze at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Deron Winn at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chris Curtis at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Kyle Daukaus at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Jacob Malkoun had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Nick Maximov at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Brendan Allen at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had won against AJ Dobson at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Abdul Razak Alhassan at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Phil Hawes at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Phil Hawes had been fighting more than Jacob Malkoun.

Going to this contest, Phil Hawes had last fought 1 year, 8 months and 25 days ago, while Jacob Malkoun's last outing had been 1 year, 9 months and 9 days ago.

Hawes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Malkoun's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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