Magny vs Li

Who won Magny vs Li?

Neil Magny beat Jingliang Li by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 248, on Saturday 7th March 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Neil Magny.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Magny vs Li stats

Neil Magny stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Jingliang Li made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.

The stats suggested Li had a massive power advantage over Magny, boosting at 47% knock out percentage over Magny's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Li had a large advantage over Magny, boosting at 24% submission rate over Magny's 0%.

Neil Magny was the same age as Jingliang Li, at 35 years old.

Magny had a height advantage of 3 inches over Li. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Magny was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 year and 10 months later than Li, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 97 to Li's 61.

Magny vs Li form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Elizeu Zaleski at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

Previous to that, he had defeated David Zawada at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing.

Going into that contest, he had beat Daichi Abe at UFC Fight Night 132 on 23rd June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jake Matthews at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

He had won against Zak Ottow at UFC Fight Night 122 on 25th November 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China.

Activity check

Magny's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Li's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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