Murphy vs Andrade

Who won Murphy vs Andrade?

Lerone Murphy beat Douglas Andrade by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Island 8, on Wednesday 20th January 2021 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lerone Murphy.

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).

Murphy vs Andrade stats

Lerone Murphy stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Douglas Andrade made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Lerone Murphy's UFC record stood at 5-0-1, while Douglas Andrade's came in at 7-5-0.

The stats suggested Andrade had a slight advantage in power over Murphy, with a 73% knock out percentage over Murphy's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Andrade had a slight advantage over Murphy, with a 4% submission rate over Murphy's 0%.

Lerone Murphy was the younger man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

Murphy had a height advantage of 2 inches over Andrade. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Murphy was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 8 years and 10 months later than Andrade, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 46 less professional rounds, 29 to Andrade's 75.

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Andrade's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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