Shore vs Amirkhani

Who won Shore vs Amirkhani?

Jack Shore beat Makwan Amirkhani by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 286, on Saturday 18th March 2023 at o2 Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Shore vs Amirkhani stats

Jack Shore stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Makwan Amirkhani made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 12 by submission.

The stats suggested Shore had an advantage in power over Amirkhani, with a 25% knock out percentage over Amirkhani's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Amirkhani had a large advantage over Shore, boosting at 71% submission rate over Shore's 50%.

Jack Shore was the younger man by 6 years, at 28 years old.

Amirkhani had a height advantage of 2 inches over Shore. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Shore was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 year and 4 months later than Amirkhani, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 38 to Amirkhani's 47.

Shore vs Amirkhani form

Shore had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ricky Simon at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. Rodriguez on 16th July 2022 by in the 2nd round at UBS Arena, Long Island, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Timur Valiev at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Liudvik Sholinian at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beat Scott Malone at Cage Warriors 104 on 27th April 2019 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round in their championship fight at Viola Arena, Cardiff, Wales.

He had defeated Mike Ekundayo at Cage Warriors 100 on 8th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their championship fight at Viola Arena, Cardiff.

Makwan Amirkhani had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jonathan Pearce at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Mike Grundy at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Lerone Murphy at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Before that, he had lost to Kamuela Kirk at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

He had been beaten by Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Makwan Amirkhani had been fighting more than Jack Shore.

Going to this contest, Jack Shore had last fought 10 months and 17 days ago, while Makwan Amirkhani's last outing had been 10 months and 10 days ago.

Shore's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Amirkhani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 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 Shore vs Amirkhani?

Jack Shore was a 17/100 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Makwan Amirkhani made his way into the ring at 21/5 (+420) with oddsmakers.