McGhee vs Bolanos

Who won McGhee vs Bolanos?

Marcus McGhee beat Gaston Bolanos by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 13th January 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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).

McGhee vs Bolanos stats

Marcus McGhee stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Gaston Bolanos made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Marcus McGhee's 4th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Gaston Bolanos marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Marcus McGhee's UFC record stood at 4-0-0, while Gaston Bolanos' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Bolanos had an advantage in power over McGhee, with a 100% knock out percentage over McGhee's 88%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McGhee had an advantage over Bolanos, with a 13% submission rate over Bolanos' 0%.

Marcus McGhee was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

McGhee had a height advantage of 1 inch over Bolanos.

McGhee was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2020, 2 years and 11 months later than Bolanos, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 22 to Bolanos' 22.

McGhee vs Bolanos form

Bolanos had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Aaron Phillips at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Daniel Carey at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Daniel Carey at Bellator 226 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Before that, he had defeated Nathan Stolen at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

He was victorious against Ysidro Gutierrez at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

Bolanos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on McGhee vs Bolanos?

Marcus McGhee was a 11/25 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Gaston Bolanos made his way into the ring at 37/20 (+190) with oddsmakers.