Brown vs Gooden

Who won Brown vs Gooden?

Randy Brown beat Jared Gooden by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 39, on Saturday 9th October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Randy Brown.

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).

Brown vs Gooden stats

Randy Brown stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jared Gooden made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Randy Brown's 20th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Jared Gooden marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Randy Brown's UFC record stood at 14-6-0, while Jared Gooden's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Brown had a slight advantage in power over Gooden, with a 50% knock out percentage over Gooden's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Brown and Gooden would have been pretty equal, both with a 33% submission rate.

Randy Brown was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Brown had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gooden. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Brown was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Gooden, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 58 to Gooden's 79.

Brown vs Gooden form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Khaos Williams at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jared Gooden at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Alex Oliveira at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had lost to Vicente Luque at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Bryan Barberena at UFC on ESPN+ 12 on 22nd June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville.

Activity check

Brown's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 15 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.

Gooden's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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