Njokuani vs Gooden

Who won Njokuani vs Gooden?

Chidi Njokuani beat Jared Gooden by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 12th October 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Chidi Njokuani.

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).

Njokuani vs Gooden stats

Chidi Njokuani stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jared Gooden made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Chidi Njokuani's 7th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Jared Gooden marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Chidi Njokuani's UFC record stood at 4-3-0, while Jared Gooden's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Njokuani had an advantage in power over Gooden, with a 61% knock out percentage over Gooden's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gooden had a large advantage over Njokuani, boasting a 30% submission rate over Njokuani's 4%.

Chidi Njokuani was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Njokuani had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gooden. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Njokuani was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 years and 9 months earlier than Gooden, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 72 to Gooden's 79.

Njokuani vs Gooden form

Njokuani had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Rhys McKee at UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot on 30th March 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Korean Zombie on 26th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Albert Duraev at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Du ko Todorovi at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Gooden had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Wellington Turman at UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan on 2nd December 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Carlston Harris at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Niklas Stolze at UFC Vegas 33 on 31st July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Abubakar Nurmagomedov at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chidi Njokuani had been fighting more than Jared Gooden.

Going to this contest, Chidi Njokuani had last fought 9 months and 9 days ago, while Jared Gooden's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 6 days ago.

Njokuani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Gooden's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Njokuani vs Gooden start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:10 PM UTC , which was 7:10 PM EST or 4:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Njokuani vs Gooden?

Chidi Njokuani was a 8/13 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Jared Gooden made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+130) with oddsmakers.