Masvidal vs Cerrone

Who won Masvidal vs Cerrone?

Jorge Masvidal beat Donald Cerrone by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC on FOX 23, on Saturday 28th January 2017 at Pepsi Center in Denver.

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).

Masvidal vs Cerrone stats

Jorge Masvidal stepped into the octagon with a record of 31 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Donald Cerrone made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Jorge Masvidal's UFC record stood at 12-10-0, while Donald Cerrone's came in at 23-14-0.

The stats suggested Masvidal had a massive power advantage over Cerrone, boasting a 39% knock out percentage over Cerrone's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Masvidal had a slight advantage over Cerrone, with a 6% submission rate over Cerrone's 0%.

Jorge Masvidal was the younger man by 2 years, at 40 years old.

Cerrone had a height advantage of 2 inches over Masvidal. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Masvidal was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 42 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 2 years and 8 months earlier than Cerrone, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 133 to Cerrone's 115.

Masvidal vs Cerrone form

Jorge Masvidal had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Colby Covington at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kamaru Usman at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 on 11th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Welterweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had won against Nate Diaz at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

He had beaten Ben Askren at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Masvidal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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