Ige vs Bektić

Who won Ige vs Bektić?

Dan Ige beat Mirsad Bekti by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 247, on Saturday 8th February 2020 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dan Ige.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Ige vs Bektić stats

Dan Ige stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Mirsad Bekti made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Dan Ige's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Dan Ige's UFC record stood at 10-7-0, while Mirsad Bekti's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Bekti had a large advantage in power over Ige, boasting a 46% knock out percentage over Ige's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ige had an advantage over Bekti, with a 42% submission rate over Bekti's 23%.

Dan Ige was the younger man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Bekti had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ige. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ige was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 10 months later than Bekti, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 31 more professional rounds, 66 to Bekti's 35.

Ige vs Bektić form

Ige had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Bryce Mitchell at UFC Fight Night – Fiziev vs Gamrot on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Nate Landwehr at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Damon Jackson at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in the United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Movsar Evloev at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Josh Emmett at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Ige's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 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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