Moicano vs Stephens

Who won Moicano vs Stephens?

Renato Moicano beat Jeremy Stephens by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on FOX 24, on Saturday 15th April 2017 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Renato Moicano.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Moicano vs Stephens stats

Renato Moicano stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 1 draw and 5 by submission.

Jeremy Stephens made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Renato Moicano's 17th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Renato Moicano's UFC record stood at 12-5-0, while Jeremy Stephens' came in at 15-18-0.

The stats suggested Stephens had a massive power advantage over Moicano, boasting a 68% knock out percentage over Moicano's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moicano had a massive advantage over Stephens, boasting a 50% submission rate over Stephens' 8%.

Renato Moicano was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Moicano had a height advantage of 2 inches over Stephens. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Moicano was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 2 months later than Stephens, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 53 less professional rounds, 60 to Stephens' 113.

Moicano vs Stephens form

Renato Moicano had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Damir Had ovi at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had lost to Chan Sung Jung at UFC on ESPN+ 12 on 22nd June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jose Aldo at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil.

Before that, he had beaten Cub Swanson at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Staples Center, Los Angeles, United States.

He had defeated Calvin Kattar at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

Moicano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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