Nurmagomedov vs Muro

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Muro?

Usman Nurmagomedov beat Manny Muro by during the main card of Bellator 263, on Saturday 31st July 2021 at The Forum in Inglewood.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Nurmagomedov vs Muro stats

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

Manny Muro made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Usman Nurmagomedov's Bellator record stood at 7-0-0, while Manny Muro's came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Muro had an advantage in power over Nurmagomedov, with a 17% knock out percentage over Nurmagomedov's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Muro had an advantage over Nurmagomedov, with a 17% submission rate over Nurmagomedov's 0%.

Usman Nurmagomedov was the younger man by 11 years, at 26 years old.

Nurmagomedov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Muro. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Nurmagomedov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 years and 2 months later than Muro, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 33 to Muro's 55.

Nurmagomedov vs Muro form

Nurmagomedov remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Brent Primus at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Benson Henderson at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Patricky Pitbull at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Before that, he was victorious against Chris Gonzalez at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

He had won against Patrik Pietila at Bellator MMA on 23rd October 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Activity check

Nurmagomedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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