Brunson vs Heinisch

Who won Brunson vs Heinisch?

Derek Brunson beat Ian Heinisch by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 241, on Saturday 17th August 2019 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Derek Brunson.

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).

Brunson vs Heinisch stats

Derek Brunson stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ian Heinisch made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Derek Brunson's UFC record stood at 14-7-0, while Ian Heinisch's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Brunson had a large advantage in power over Heinisch, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Heinisch's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brunson had a slight advantage over Heinisch, with a 16% submission rate over Heinisch's 15%.

Derek Brunson was the older man by 5 years, at 41 years old.

Brunson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Heinisch. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Brunson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Heinisch, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 63 to Heinisch's 41.

Brunson vs Heinisch form

Brunson had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jared Cannonier at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Darren Till at UFC Vegas 36 on 4th September 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 22 on 20th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC Vegas 5 on 1st August 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Ian Heinisch at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Activity check

Brunson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Heinisch's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 3 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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