Who won Njokuani vs Torres?
Chidi Njokuani beat Cristhian Torres by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of LFA 91, on Friday 11th September 2020 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).
Njokuani vs Torres stats
Chidi Njokuani stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Cristhian Torres made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.
This was Chidi Njokuani's 1st fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.
Chidi Njokuani's LFA record stood at 1-0-0, while Cristhian Torres' came in at 1-2-0.
The stats suggested Torres had an advantage in power over Njokuani, with a 67% knock out percentage over Njokuani's 56%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Torres had a large advantage over Njokuani, boasting a 27% submission rate over Njokuani's 6%.
Chidi Njokuani was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.
Njokuani had a height advantage of 3 inches over Torres. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.
Njokuani was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 9 months earlier than Torres, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 74 to Torres' 39.
Njokuani vs Torres form
Chidi Njokuani had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jared Gooden at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira on 12th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten 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.
Going into that contest, 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.
Before that, 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.
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.
Activity check
Njokuani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 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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