Cirkunov vs Crute

Who won Cirkunov vs Crute?

Misha Cirkunov beat Jimmy Crute by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 16, on Saturday 14th September 2019 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Cirkunov vs Crute stats

Misha Cirkunov stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Jimmy Crute made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jimmy Crute marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Misha Cirkunov's UFC record stood at 6-7-0, while Jimmy Crute's came in at 4-4-2.

The stats suggested Crute had a slight advantage in power over Cirkunov, with a 40% knock out percentage over Cirkunov's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cirkunov had an advantage over Crute, with a 50% submission rate over Crute's 30%.

Misha Cirkunov was the older man by 9 years, at 38 years old.

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

Cirkunov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years earlier than Crute, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 35 to Crute's 35.

Cirkunov vs Crute form

Crute had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Anthony Smith at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Modestas Bukauskas at UFC Fight Island 6 on 17th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Before that, he had been beaten by Misha Cirkunov at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

He had defeated Sam Alvey at UFC 234 on 9th February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.

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Crute's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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