Usman vs Masvidal

Who won Usman vs Masvidal?

Kamaru Usman beat Jorge Masvidal by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 251, on Saturday 11th July 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

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 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 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 35 wins, 13 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 31 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 3 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Colby Covington at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Jorge Masvidal 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 won against 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.

Before 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.

He had defeated 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.

Jorge Masvidal had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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.

Previous to that, he had won against Ben Askren at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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

Before that, 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.

He had lost to Demian Maia at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

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 1 year, 4 months and 25 days ago, while Jorge Masvidal's last outing had been 3 years, 4 months and 29 days ago.

Usman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Masvidal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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