Negumereanu vs Potieria

Who won Negumereanu vs Potieria?

Nick Negumereanu beat Ihor Potieria by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 277, on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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 Potieria stats

Nick Negumereanu stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Ihor Potieria made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Ihor Potieria marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Nick Negumereanu's UFC record stood at 4-2-0, while Ihor Potieria's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested that Negumereanu and Potieria have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Negumereanu and Potieria would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Nick Negumereanu was the older man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Potieria had a height advantage of 3 inches over Negumereanu. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Negumereanu was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2016, 7 years and 9 months later than Potieria, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 26 to Potieria's 41.

Negumereanu vs Potieria form

Potieria had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Robert Bryczek at UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Pyfer on 10th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Rodolfo Bellato at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Moody Center, Austin.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Carlos Ulberg at UFC Fight Night – Rozenstruik vs. Almeida on 13th May 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Spectrum Center, Charlotte.

Before that, he had beaten Mauricio Rua at UFC 283 on 21st January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He had been defeated by Nick Negumereanu at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Activity check

Negumereanu's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Potieria's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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