Njokuani vs McKee

Who won Njokuani vs McKee?

Chidi Njokuani beat Rhys McKee by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 30th March 2024 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Chidi Njokuani.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Njokuani vs McKee stats

Chidi Njokuani stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Rhys McKee made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Chidi Njokuani's UFC record stood at 3-3-0, while Rhys McKee's came in at 0-4-0.

The stats suggested McKee had an advantage in power over Njokuani, with a 77% knock out percentage over Njokuani's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McKee had an advantage over Njokuani, with a 23% submission rate over Njokuani's 5%.

Chidi Njokuani was the older man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

Njokuani had a height advantage of 1 inch over McKee. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Njokuani was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 years and 10 months earlier than McKee, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 69 to McKee's 41.

Njokuani vs McKee form

Rhys McKee had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ange Loosa at UFC Fight Night Paris – Gane vs. Spivac on 2nd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had won against Jim Wallhead at Cage Warriors 153 on 29th April 2023 by knockout in the 4th round at 3Arena, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Justin Burlinson at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Welterweight championship fight at SSE Arena, Belfast.

Before that, he had defeated Aleksi M ntykivi at Cage Warriors 129 on 2nd October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at York Hall, London, England.

He had been beaten by Khamzat Chimaev at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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Njokuani's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

McKee's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Njokuani vs McKee?

Chidi Njokuani was a 18/25 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Rhys McKee made his way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.