Kattar vs Stephens

Who won Kattar vs Stephens?

Calvin Kattar beat Jeremy Stephens by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 249, on Saturday 9th May 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

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).

Kattar vs Stephens stats

Calvin Kattar stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jeremy Stephens made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 17 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Calvin Kattar's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Jeremy Stephens marked his 35th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2007.

Calvin Kattar's UFC record stood at 7-7-0, while Jeremy Stephens' came in at 15-19-0.

The stats suggested Stephens had an advantage in power over Kattar, with a 68% knock out percentage over Kattar's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kattar had a slight advantage over Stephens, with a 10% submission rate over Stephens' 7%.

Calvin Kattar was the younger man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Kattar had a height advantage of 2 inches over Stephens. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Kattar was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 5 months later than Stephens, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 82 to Stephens' 116.

Kattar vs Stephens form

Calvin Kattar had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Josh Emmett at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Moody Center, Austin.

Before that, he had won against Giga Chikadze at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Max Holloway at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Jeremy Stephens had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Jose Aldo at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

Before that, he had beaten Josh Emmett at UFC on FOX 28 on 24th February 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

He had defeated Doo Ho Choi at UFC Fight Night 124 on 14th January 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scottrade Center, St. Louis.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Calvin Kattar had been fighting more than Jeremy Stephens.

Going to this contest, Calvin Kattar had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 2 days ago, while Jeremy Stephens' last outing had been 5 years, 6 months and 27 days ago.

Kattar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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