Herbert vs Topuria

Who won Herbert vs Topuria?

Ilia Topuria beat Jai Herbert by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 19th March 2022 at 02 Arena in London.

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).

Herbert vs Topuria stats

Jai Herbert stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Ilia Topuria made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Jai Herbert's UFC record stood at 2-4-1, while Ilia Topuria's came in at 7-0-0.

The stats suggested Herbert had a massive power advantage over Topuria, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Topuria's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Topuria had a massive advantage over Herbert, boasting a 64% submission rate over Herbert's 9%.

Jai Herbert was the older man by 8 years, at 35 years old.

Herbert had a height advantage of 6 inches over Topuria. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Herbert was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 7 days earlier than Topuria, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 37 to Topuria's 25.

Herbert vs Topuria form

Herbert had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Kyle Nelson at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ilia Topuria at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at 02 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Khama Worthy at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Renato Moicano at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Cain Carrizosa at Cage Warriors 109 on 26th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England.

Activity check

Herbert's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Topuria's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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