Song vs Kenney

Who won Song vs Kenney?

Yadong Song beat Casey Kenney by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 28-29 in favor of winner Yadong Song.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Song vs Kenney stats

Yadong Song stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 loses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Casey Kenney made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw, with 2 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Song had a large advantage in power over Kenney, boasting at 38% knock out percentage over Kenney's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kenney had an advantage over Song, with a 31% submission rate over Song's 19%.

Yadong Song was the younger man by 7 years, at 25 years old.

Song had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kenney. Despite this, Kenney had 1-inch reach advantage.

Song was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in , 8 years and 3 months earlier than Kenney, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 65 to Kenney's 54.

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Song's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 4 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Song vs Kenney?

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