Nurmagomedov vs Almakhan

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Almakhan?

Umar Nurmagomedov beat Bekzat Almakhan by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 2nd March 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-26, 30-26, 30-25 in favor of the winner Umar Nurmagomedov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Nurmagomedov vs Almakhan stats

Umar Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Bekzat Almakhan made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Umar Nurmagomedov's UFC record stood at 5-0-0, while Bekzat Almakhan's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Almakhan had a massive power advantage over Nurmagomedov, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Nurmagomedov's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had a massive advantage over Almakhan, boasting a 44% submission rate over Almakhan's 7%.

Umar Nurmagomedov was the older man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Nurmagomedov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Almakhan.

Nurmagomedov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 months later than Almakhan, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 37 to Almakhan's 28.

Nurmagomedov vs Almakhan form

Nurmagomedov remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Bekzat Almakhan at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev on 2nd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Raoni Barcelos at UFC Fight Night: Gastelum vs. Imavov on 14th January 2023 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Nate Maness at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Brian Kelleher at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had won against Sidemar Honorio at PFL 2019 #6 on 8th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

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Nurmagomedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nurmagomedov vs Almakhan?

Umar Nurmagomedov was a 7/100 (-1400) favourite going into the contest, while Bekzat Almakhan made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+800) with oddsmakers.