Njokuani vs Duraev

Who won Njokuani vs Duraev?

Albert Duraev beat Chidi Njokuani by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night San Antonio, on Saturday 25th March 2023 at AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Albert Duraev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Njokuani vs Duraev stats

Chidi Njokuani stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Albert Duraev made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Chidi Njokuani's UFC record stood at 3-3-0, while Albert Duraev's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Njokuani had a massive power advantage over Duraev, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Duraev's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Duraev had a massive advantage over Njokuani, boasting a 60% submission rate over Njokuani's 5%.

Chidi Njokuani was the same age as Albert Duraev, at 35 years old.

Njokuani had a height advantage of 4 inches over Duraev. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Njokuani was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 3 years and 10 months earlier than Duraev, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 69 to Duraev's 43.

Njokuani vs Duraev form

Chidi Njokuani had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Albert Duraev at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Du ko Todorovi at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Marc Andr Barriault at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Njokuani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Duraev's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Njokuani vs Duraev?

Chidi Njokuani was a 59/100 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Albert Duraev made his way into the ring at 7/5 (+140) with oddsmakers.