Thompson vs Masvidal

Who won Thompson vs Masvidal?

Stephen Thompson beat Jorge Masvidal by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 217, on Saturday 4th November 2017 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Stephen Thompson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Thompson vs Masvidal stats

Stephen Thompson stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jorge Masvidal made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Stephen Thompson's UFC record stood at 12-7-1, while Jorge Masvidal's came in at 12-10-0.

The stats suggested Thompson had an advantage in power over Masvidal, with a 54% knock out percentage over Masvidal's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Thompson had a slight advantage over Masvidal, with a 8% submission rate over Masvidal's 6%.

Stephen Thompson was the older man by 2 years, at 41 years old.

Thompson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Masvidal. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Thompson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 8 months later than Masvidal, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 62 less professional rounds, 71 to Masvidal's 133.

Thompson vs Masvidal form

Jorge Masvidal had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Colby Covington at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kamaru Usman at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had won against Nate Diaz at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

He had beaten Ben Askren at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Thompson's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

Masvidal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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