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 16th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Renato Moicano's UFC record stood at 11-5-0, 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 34 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 55 less professional rounds, 58 to Stephens' 113.

Moicano vs Stephens form

Renato Moicano had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Drew Dober at UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov on 3rd February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Brad Riddell at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Alexander Hernandez at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

He was victorious against Jai Herbert at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Jeremy Stephens had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Myles Price at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Clay Collard at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Calvin Kattar at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had been beaten by Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Renato Moicano had been fighting more than Jeremy Stephens.

Going to this contest, Renato Moicano had last fought 2 months and 23 days ago, while Jeremy Stephens' last outing had been 1 year, 10 months and 9 days ago.

Moicano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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