Nurmagomedov vs Kelleher

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Kelleher?

Umar Nurmagomedov beat Brian Kelleher by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 272, on Saturday 5th March 2022 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Nurmagomedov vs Kelleher stats

Umar Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

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

This was Umar Nurmagomedov's 7th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Brian Kelleher marked his 17th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Umar Nurmagomedov's UFC record stood at 6-1-0, while Brian Kelleher's came in at 8-9-0.

The stats suggested Nurmagomedov had a slight advantage in power over Kelleher, with a 8% knock out percentage over Kelleher's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had a massive advantage over Kelleher, boasting a 46% submission rate over Kelleher's 0%.

Umar Nurmagomedov was the younger man by 9 years, at 29 years old.

Nurmagomedov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kelleher. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Nurmagomedov was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 years and 9 months later than Kelleher, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 47 to Kelleher's 77.

Nurmagomedov vs Kelleher form

Brian Kelleher had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kevin Croom at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Domingo Pilarte at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Ricky Simon at UFC 258 on 13th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Ray Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Ode Osbourne at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Kelleher's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 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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