Anjos vs Magny

Who won Anjos vs Magny?

Rafael dos Anjos beat Neil Magny by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC 215, on Saturday 9th September 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Anjos vs Magny stats

Rafael dos Anjos stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Neil Magny made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Rafael dos Anjos' 36th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2008. Neil Magny marked his 34th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Rafael dos Anjos' UFC record stood at 21-15-0, while Neil Magny's came in at 22-12-0.

The stats suggested Anjos had an advantage in power over Magny, with a 19% knock out percentage over Magny's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anjos had a massive advantage over Magny, boasting a 31% submission rate over Magny's 0%.

Rafael dos Anjos was the older man by 3 years, at 40 years old.

Magny had a height advantage of 7 inches over Anjos. That also extended to a 10-inch reach advantage.

Anjos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 35 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 5 years and 10 months earlier than Magny, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 140 to Magny's 108.

Anjos vs Magny form

Rafael dos Anjos had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kamaru Usman at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale on 30th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Pearl at the Palms, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Colby Covington at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had won against Robbie Lawler at UFC on FOX 26 on 16th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at MTS Centre, Winnipeg, Canada.

Before that, he had beaten Neil Magny at UFC 215 on 9th September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Rogers Place, Edmonton.

He had defeated Tarec Saffiedine at UFC Fight Night 111 on 17th June 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Activity check

Anjos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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