Lee vs Gillespie

Who won Lee vs Gillespie?

Kevin Lee beat Gregor Gillespie by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 244, on Saturday 2nd November 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Gregor Gillespie had been fighting more than Kevin Lee.

Going to this contest, Kevin Lee had last fought 5 years, 7 months and 9 days ago, while Gregor Gillespie's last outing had been 5 years, 6 months and 5 days ago.

Lee's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

Gillespie's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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