Stephens vs Choi

Who won Stephens vs Choi?

Jeremy Stephens beat Doo Ho Choi by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 124, on Sunday 14th January 2018 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Stephens vs Choi stats

Jeremy Stephens stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Doo Ho Choi made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Doo Ho Choi marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Jeremy Stephens' UFC record stood at 15-18-0, while Doo Ho Choi's came in at 4-3-1.

The stats suggested Choi had an advantage in power over Stephens, with a 79% knock out percentage over Stephens' 65%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Stephens had a slight advantage over Choi, with a 8% submission rate over Choi's 7%.

Jeremy Stephens was the older man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Choi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Stephens. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Stephens was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 24 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 4 years and 10 months earlier than Choi, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 77 more professional rounds, 113 to Choi's 36.

Stephens vs Choi form

Jeremy Stephens had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jose Aldo at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

Before that, he had won against Josh Emmett at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

He had beaten Doo Ho Choi at UFC Fight Night 124 on 14th January 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scottrade Center, St. Louis.

Activity check

Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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