Kara-France vs Garbrandt

Who won Kara-France vs Garbrandt?

Kai Kara France beat Cody Garbrandt by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 269, on Saturday 11th December 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Kara-France vs Garbrandt stats

Kai Kara France stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Cody Garbrandt made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Kai Kara France's 12th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Cody Garbrandt marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Kai Kara France's UFC record stood at 8-4-0, while Cody Garbrandt's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested Garbrandt had a massive power advantage over France, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over France's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested France had an advantage over Garbrandt, with a 14% submission rate over Garbrandt's 0%.

Kai Kara France was the younger man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Garbrandt had a height advantage of 4 inches over France. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

France was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Garbrandt, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 79 to Garbrandt's 38.

Kara-France vs Garbrandt form

France had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Brandon Moreno at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round in their championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Askar Askarov at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Cody Garbrandt at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Brandon Royval at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

He had defeated Mark De La Rosa at UFC on ESPN+ 15 on 31st August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China.

Cody Garbrandt had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Rob Font at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest in the United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Raphael Assuncao at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Pedro Munhoz at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Staples Center, Los Angeles.

He had been defeated by T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kai Kara France had been fighting more than Cody Garbrandt.

Going to this contest, Kai Kara France had last fought 2 years, 10 months and 7 days ago, while Cody Garbrandt's last outing had been 4 years and 15 days ago.

France's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Garbrandt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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