Negumereanu vs Nzechukwu

Who won Negumereanu vs Nzechukwu?

Nick Negumereanu beat Kennedy Nzechukwu by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 272, on Saturday 5th March 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Nick Negumereanu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Negumereanu vs Nzechukwu stats

Nick Negumereanu stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Kennedy Nzechukwu made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Nick Negumereanu's UFC record stood at 4-2-0, while Kennedy Nzechukwu's came in at 6-5-0.

The stats suggested Nzechukwu had a slight advantage in power over Negumereanu, with a 67% knock out percentage over Negumereanu's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Negumereanu had a large advantage over Nzechukwu, boasting a 27% submission rate over Nzechukwu's 0%.

Nick Negumereanu was the younger man by 2 years, at 29 years old.

Nzechukwu had a height advantage of 5 inches over Negumereanu. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Negumereanu's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Nzechukwu's, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 26 days earlier than Nzechukwu, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 26 to Nzechukwu's 38.

Negumereanu vs Nzechukwu form

Nzechukwu had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Dustin Jacoby at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Devin Clark at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ion Cutelaba at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Karl Roberson at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Nick Negumereanu at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Nzechukwu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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