Masvidal vs Diaz

Who won Masvidal vs Diaz?

Jorge Masvidal beat Nate Diaz by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 244, on Saturday 2nd November 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Masvidal vs Diaz stats

Jorge Masvidal stepped into the octagon with a record of 34 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Nate Diaz made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

Jorge Masvidal's UFC record stood at 12-10-0, while Nate Diaz's came in at 16-11-0.

The stats suggested Masvidal had an advantage in power over Diaz, with a 44% knock out percentage over Diaz's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Diaz had a massive advantage over Masvidal, boasting a 55% submission rate over Masvidal's 6%.

Jorge Masvidal was the older man by 1 year, at 40 years old.

Diaz had a height advantage of 1 inch over Masvidal. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Masvidal was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Diaz, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 133 to Diaz's 85.

Masvidal vs Diaz form

Jorge Masvidal had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ben Askren at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Darren Till at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Stephen Thompson at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Demian Maia at UFC 211 on 13th May 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

He had defeated Donald Cerrone at UFC on FOX 23 on 28th January 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Pepsi Center, Denver.

Activity check

Masvidal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 19 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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