Nurmagomedov vs Iaquinta

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Iaquinta?

Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Al Iaquinta by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 223, on Saturday 7th April 2018 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Khabib Nurmagomedov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

This contest was for the UFC lightweight championship.

Nurmagomedov vs Iaquinta stats

Khabib Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Al Iaquinta made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Khabib Nurmagomedov's UFC record stood at 13-0-0, while Al Iaquinta's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested Iaquinta had a large advantage in power over Nurmagomedov, boasting a 54% knock out percentage over Nurmagomedov's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had a large advantage over Iaquinta, boasting a 32% submission rate over Iaquinta's 8%.

Khabib Nurmagomedov was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Nurmagomedov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 5 months earlier than Iaquinta, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 60 to Iaquinta's 53.

Nurmagomedov vs Iaquinta form

Iaquinta 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 lost to Dan Hooker at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Donald Cerrone at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kevin Lee at UFC on FOX 31 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center, Milwaukee, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had beaten Diego Sanchez at UFC Fight Night 108 on 22nd April 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Activity check

Nurmagomedov's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Iaquinta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nurmagomedov vs Iaquinta?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Nurmagomedov vs Iaquinta.