Lee vs Gillespie

Who won Lee vs Gillespie?

Kevin Lee beat Gregor Gillespie by during the main card of UFC 244, on Saturday 2nd November 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kevin Lee.

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).

Lee vs Gillespie stats

Kevin Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Gregor Gillespie made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Kevin Lee's UFC record stood at 11-8-0, while Gregor Gillespie's came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Lee had an advantage in power over Gillespie, with a 12% knock out percentage over Gillespie's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lee had a massive advantage over Gillespie, boasting a 47% submission rate over Gillespie's 0%.

Kevin Lee was the younger man by 6 years, at 31 years old.

Lee had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gillespie. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Lee was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Gillespie, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 43 more professional rounds, 67 to Gillespie's 24.

Lee vs Gillespie form

Gillespie had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Diego Ferreira at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kevin Lee at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Yancy Medeiros at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Before that, he had defeated Vinc Pichel at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica.

He was victorious against Jordan Rinaldi at UFC on FOX 27 on 27th January 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

Activity check

Lee's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Gillespie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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