Usman vs Masvidal

Who won Usman vs Masvidal?

Kamaru Usman beat Jorge Masvidal by during the main event of UFC 261, on Saturday 24th April 2021 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Kamaru Usman.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

This contest was for the UFC welterweight championship.

Usman vs Masvidal stats

Kamaru Usman stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 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 35 wins, 14 loses and 0 draws, with 16 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Masvidal had a slight advantage in power over Usman, with a 46% knock out percentage over Usman's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Usman and Masvidal would have been pretty equal, both with a 6% submission rate.

Kamaru Usman was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Usman had a height advantage of 1 inch over Masvidal. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Usman was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 30 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 year and 6 months later than Masvidal, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 57 less professional rounds, 73 to Masvidal's 130.

Usman vs Masvidal form

Usman had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Jorge Masvidal 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.

Going into that contest, he had won against Colby Covington at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had beat Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Rafael dos Anjos at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale on 30th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Pearl at the Palms, Las Vegas.

Jorge Masvidal had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to 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.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ben Askren at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beat Darren Till at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Stephen Thompson at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kamaru Usman had been fighting more than Jorge Masvidal.

Going to this contest, Kamaru Usman had last fought 2 years, 1 month and 11 days ago, while Jorge Masvidal's last outing had been 2 years, 8 months and 13 days ago.

Usman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.6 rounds on average.

Masvidal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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