Yusuff vs Mokhtarian

Who won Yusuff vs Mokhtarian?

Sodiq Yusuff beat Suman Mokhtarian by during the main card of UFC Fight Night 142, on Saturday 1st December 2018 at Adelaide Entertainment Center in Adelaide.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sodiq Yusuff.

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).

Yusuff vs Mokhtarian stats

Sodiq Yusuff stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Suman Mokhtarian made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Sodiq Yusuff's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in December 2018.

Sodiq Yusuff's UFC record stood at 6-3-0, while Suman Mokhtarian's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Yusuff had a massive power advantage over Mokhtarian, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Mokhtarian's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mokhtarian had a massive advantage over Yusuff, boasting a 75% submission rate over Yusuff's 0%.

Sodiq Yusuff was the younger man by 1 year, at 30 years old.

Yusuff had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mokhtarian. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Yusuff's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Mokhtarian's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 years and 9 months later than Mokhtarian, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 37 to Mokhtarian's 15.

Yusuff vs Mokhtarian form

Yusuff had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Don Shainis at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alex Caceres at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Gabriel Benitez at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He was victorious against Sheymon Moraes at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Activity check

Yusuff's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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