Marques vs Nzechukwu

Who won Marques vs Nzechukwu?

Kennedy Nzechukwu beat Danilo Marques by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 30, on Saturday 26th June 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Marques vs Nzechukwu stats

Danilo Marques stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Kennedy Nzechukwu made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Danilo Marques' 4th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Danilo Marques' UFC record stood at 2-2-0, while Kennedy Nzechukwu's came in at 6-5-0.

The stats suggested Nzechukwu had a large advantage in power over Marques, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Marques' 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Marques had a massive advantage over Nzechukwu, boasting a 45% submission rate over Nzechukwu's 0%.

Danilo Marques was the older man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

Marques had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nzechukwu. Despite this, Nzechukwu had a 5-inch reach advantage.

Marques was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Nzechukwu, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 36 to Nzechukwu's 38.

Marques vs Nzechukwu form

Nzechukwu had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Devin Clark at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ion Cutelaba at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Karl Roberson at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Nick Negumereanu at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Da Un Jung at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Nzechukwu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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