Nurmagomedov vs Poirier

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Poirier?

Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Dustin Poirier by submission in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 242, on Saturday 7th September 2019 at du Arena in Abu Dhabi.

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 Poirier stats

Khabib Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 27 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Dustin Poirier made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out and 7 by submission.

The stats suggested Poirier had an advantage in power over Nurmagomedov, with a 48% knock out percentage over Nurmagomedov's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had a slight advantage over Poirier, with a 33% submission rate over Poirier's 28%.

Khabib Nurmagomedov was the same age as Dustin Poirier, at 34 years old.

Nurmagomedov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Poirier. Despite this, Poirier had 3-inch reach advantage.

Nurmagomedov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 8 months earlier than Poirier, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 60 to Poirier's 80.

Nurmagomedov vs Poirier form

Poirier had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Max Holloway at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Eddie Alvarez at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

Going into that contest, he had won against Justin Gaethje at UFC on FOX 29 on 14th April 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Before that, he had beat Anthony Pettis at UFC Fight Night 120 on 11th November 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk.

He had defeated Jim Miller at UFC 208 on 11th February 2017 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

Nurmagomedov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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