McKinney vs Breeden

Who won McKinney vs Breeden?

Terrance McKinney beat Mike Breeden by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos, on Saturday 12th August 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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).

McKinney vs Breeden stats

Terrance McKinney stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Mike Breeden made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Terrance McKinney's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Terrance McKinney's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Mike Breeden's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Breeden had a massive power advantage over McKinney, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over McKinney's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McKinney had a massive advantage over Breeden, boasting a 62% submission rate over Breeden's 0%.

Terrance McKinney was the younger man by 6 years, at 29 years old.

McKinney had a 4-inch reach advantage.

McKinney's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Breeden's, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 8 months later than Breeden, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 27 to Breeden's 34.

McKinney vs Breeden form

Terrance McKinney had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Nazim Sadykhov at UFC Fight Night – Holm vs. Bueno Silva on 15th July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ismael Bonfim at UFC 283 on 21st January 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had won against Erick Gonzalez at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Drew Dober at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Fares Ziam at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

McKinney's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Breeden's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on McKinney vs Breeden?

Terrance McKinney was a 9/25 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Mike Breeden made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.