Who won Nzechukwu vs Jung?
Da Un Jung beat Kennedy Nzechukwu by during the prelims of UFC Vegas 42, on Saturday 13th November 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Da Un Jung.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).
Nzechukwu vs Jung stats
Kennedy Nzechukwu stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Da Un Jung made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 10 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.
The stats suggested Jung had an advantage in power over Nzechukwu, with a 77% knock out percentage over Nzechukwu's 63%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jung had an advantage over Nzechukwu, with a 15% submission rate over Nzechukwu's 0%.
Kennedy Nzechukwu was the older man by 1 year, at 31 years old.
Nzechukwu had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jung. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.
Nzechukwu was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 5 months later than Jung, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 38 to Jung's 43.
Nzechukwu vs Jung form
Nzechukwu had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Nick Negumereanu at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Da Un Jung at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Danilo Marques at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Before that, he had beat Darko Sto i at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.
He had lost to Paul Craig at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.
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Nzechukwu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.
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