Masvidal vs Askren

Who won Masvidal vs Askren?

Jorge Masvidal beat Ben Askren by during the main card of UFC 239, on Saturday 6th July 2019 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Jorge Masvidal.

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).

Masvidal vs Askren stats

Jorge Masvidal stepped into the octagon with a record of 33 wins, 13 loses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Ben Askren made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 19 wins and 0 draws, with 6 of those by knock out and 6 by submission.

The stats suggested Masvidal had a slight advantage in power over Askren, with a 42% knock out percentage over Askren's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Askren had a large advantage over Masvidal, boosting at 32% submission rate over Masvidal's 6%.

Jorge Masvidal was the same age as Ben Askren, at 39 years old.

Masvidal had 2-inch reach advantage.

Masvidal was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 27 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Askren, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 81 more professional rounds, 133 to Askren's 52.

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Masvidal's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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