Stephens vs Melendez

Who won Stephens vs Melendez?

Jeremy Stephens beat Gilbert Melendez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 215, on Saturday 9th September 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jeremy Stephens.

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).

Stephens vs Melendez stats

Jeremy Stephens stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Gilbert Melendez made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jeremy Stephens' UFC record stood at 15-18-0, while Gilbert Melendez's came in at 1-6-0.

The stats suggested Stephens had an advantage in power over Melendez, with a 68% knock out percentage over Melendez's 55%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Stephens had a slight advantage over Melendez, with a 8% submission rate over Melendez's 0%.

Jeremy Stephens was the younger man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Melendez had 2-inch reach advantage.

Stephens was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 2 years and 2 months later than Melendez, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 113 to Melendez's 87.

Stephens vs Melendez form

Jeremy Stephens had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Calvin Kattar at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

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

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

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.

Activity check

Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 25 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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