Who won Moicano vs Stephens?
Renato Moicano beat Jeremy Stephens by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on FOX 24, on Saturday 15th April 2017 at Sprint Center in Kansas City.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Renato Moicano.
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).
Moicano vs Stephens stats
Renato Moicano stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 1 draw and 5 by submission.
Jeremy Stephens made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.
This was Renato Moicano's 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Jeremy Stephens marked his 35th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2007.
Renato Moicano's UFC record stood at 12-6-0, while Jeremy Stephens' came in at 15-19-0.
The stats suggested Stephens had a massive power advantage over Moicano, boasting a 68% knock out percentage over Moicano's 0%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moicano had a massive advantage over Stephens, boasting a 50% submission rate over Stephens' 8%.
Renato Moicano was the younger man by 3 years, at 35 years old.
Moicano had a height advantage of 2 inches over Stephens. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Moicano was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 27 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 2 months later than Stephens, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 55 less professional rounds, 61 to Stephens' 116.
Moicano vs Stephens form
Stephens had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Clay Collard at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Calvin Kattar at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.
Before that, he had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.
His fight against Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 ended in a no contest.
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Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
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