Amirkhani vs Murphy

Who won Amirkhani vs Murphy?

Lerone Murphy beat Makwan Amirkhani by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 267, on Saturday 30th October 2021.

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).

Amirkhani vs Murphy stats

Makwan Amirkhani stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Lerone Murphy made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Makwan Amirkhani's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Lerone Murphy marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Makwan Amirkhani's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Lerone Murphy's came in at 8-0-1.

The stats suggested Murphy had a massive power advantage over Amirkhani, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Amirkhani's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Amirkhani had a massive advantage over Murphy, boasting a 69% submission rate over Murphy's 0%.

Makwan Amirkhani was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Amirkhani had a height advantage of 1 inch over Murphy. Despite this, Murphy had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Amirkhani was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 4 months earlier than Murphy, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 53 to Murphy's 42.

Amirkhani vs Murphy form

Makwan Amirkhani had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kamuela Kirk at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Edson Barboza at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chris Fishgold at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Before that, he had beaten Jason Knight at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

He had been defeated by Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night 107 on 18th March 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London.

Activity check

Amirkhani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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