Garbrandt vs Assunção

Who won Garbrandt vs Assunção?

Cody Garbrandt beat Raphael Assuncao by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC 250, on Saturday 6th June 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Garbrandt vs Assunção stats

Cody Garbrandt stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Raphael Assuncao made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

This was Cody Garbrandt's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Cody Garbrandt's UFC record stood at 9-6-0, while Raphael Assuncao's came in at 12-7-0.

The stats suggested Garbrandt had a massive power advantage over Assuncao, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Assuncao's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Assuncao had a massive advantage over Garbrandt, boasting a 37% submission rate over Garbrandt's 0%.

Cody Garbrandt was the younger man by 9 years, at 33 years old.

Garbrandt had a height advantage of 3 inches over Assuncao. Despite this, Assuncao had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Garbrandt was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 8 years and 11 months later than Assuncao, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 50 less professional rounds, 38 to Assuncao's 88.

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Assuncao's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 10 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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