Edgar vs Stephens

Who won Edgar vs Stephens?

Frankie Edgar beat Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Frankie Edgar.

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).

Edgar vs Stephens stats

Frankie Edgar stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jeremy Stephens made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Jeremy Stephens marked his 35th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2007.

Frankie Edgar's UFC record stood at 18-11-1, while Jeremy Stephens' came in at 15-19-0.

The stats suggested Stephens had a massive power advantage over Edgar, boasting a 68% knock out percentage over Edgar's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edgar had an advantage over Stephens, with a 20% submission rate over Stephens' 8%.

Frankie Edgar was the older man by 4 years, at 43 years old.

Stephens had a height advantage of 3 inches over Edgar. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Edgar was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2005, 5 months later than Stephens, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 109 to Stephens' 116.

Edgar vs Stephens form

Frankie Edgar had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chris Gutierrez at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marlon Vera at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Pedro Munhoz at UFC Vegas 7 on 22nd August 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Chan Sung Jung at UFC on ESPN+ 23 on 21st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Sajik Arena, Busan, South Korea.

Activity check

Edgar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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