Song vs Kenney

Who won Song vs Kenney?

Yadong Song beat Casey Kenney by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 265, on Saturday 7th August 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Yadong Song.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Song vs Kenney stats

Yadong Song stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Casey Kenney made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Yadong Song's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Yadong Song's UFC record stood at 11-3-1, while Casey Kenney's came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Song had a large advantage in power over Kenney, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Kenney's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kenney had an advantage over Song, with a 31% submission rate over Song's 19%.

Yadong Song was the younger man by 7 years, at 27 years old.

Song had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kenney. Despite this, Kenney had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Song was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in , 10 years and 5 months earlier than Kenney, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 81 to Kenney's 54.

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Song's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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