Alhassan vs Malkoun

Who won Alhassan vs Malkoun?

Jacob Malkoun beat Abdul Razak Alhassan by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Vegas 24, on Saturday 17th April 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jacob Malkoun.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Alhassan vs Malkoun stats

Abdul Razak Alhassan stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jacob Malkoun made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Abdul Razak Alhassan's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Abdul Razak Alhassan's UFC record stood at 6-7-0, while Jacob Malkoun's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Alhassan had a massive power advantage over Malkoun, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Malkoun's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Alhassan and Malkoun would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Abdul Razak Alhassan was the older man by 10 years, at 39 years old.

Alhassan had a height advantage of 1 inch over Malkoun. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Alhassan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 3 months earlier than Malkoun, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 30 to Malkoun's 26.

Alhassan vs Malkoun form

Jacob Malkoun had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Nick Maximov at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Brendan Allen at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten AJ Dobson at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Abdul Razak Alhassan at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Phil Hawes at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Alhassan's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Malkoun's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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