Lee vs Chiesa

Who won Lee vs Chiesa?

Kevin Lee beat Michael Chiesa by submission in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 112, on Sunday 25th June 2017 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Lee vs Chiesa stats

Kevin Lee stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Michael Chiesa made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 10 by submission.

This was Kevin Lee's 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Michael Chiesa marked his 21st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2012.

Kevin Lee's UFC record stood at 11-8-0, while Michael Chiesa's came in at 14-7-0.

The stats suggested Lee had a slight advantage in power over Chiesa, with a 7% knock out percentage over Chiesa's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chiesa had a large advantage over Lee, boasting a 71% submission rate over Lee's 47%.

Kevin Lee was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Chiesa had a height advantage of 4 inches over Lee. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Lee was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 7 months later than Chiesa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 69 to Chiesa's 54.

Lee vs Chiesa form

Michael Chiesa had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Court McGee at UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley on 14th June 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Max Griffin at UFC 310 on 7th December 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Tony Ferguson at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov on 3rd August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had lost to Kevin Holland at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

He had been beaten by Sean Brady at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Chiesa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 23 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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