Magny vs Li

Who won Magny vs Li?

Neil Magny beat Jingliang Li by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 248, on Saturday 7th March 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Neil Magny.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Magny vs Li stats

Neil Magny stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Jingliang Li made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Neil Magny's 34th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013. Jingliang Li marked his 18th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2014.

Neil Magny's UFC record stood at 22-12-0, while Jingliang Li's came in at 11-7-0.

The stats suggested Li had a massive power advantage over Magny, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Magny's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Li had a large advantage over Magny, boasting a 24% submission rate over Magny's 0%.

Neil Magny was the same age as Jingliang Li, at 37 years old.

Magny had a height advantage of 3 inches over Li. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Magny was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 10 months later than Li, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 45 more professional rounds, 108 to Li's 63.

Magny vs Li form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jingliang Li at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Craig White at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Carlos Condit at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 215 on 9th September 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

Magny's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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