Nurmagomedov vs McGregor

Who won Nurmagomedov vs McGregor?

Khabib Nurmagomedov beat Conor McGregor by submission in the 4th round during the main event of UFC 229, on Saturday 6th October 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

This contest was for the vacant UFC Lightweight championship.

Nurmagomedov vs McGregor stats

Khabib Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 26 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Conor McGregor made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Khabib Nurmagomedov's UFC record stood at 13-0-0, while Conor McGregor's came in at 10-4-0.

The stats suggested McGregor had a massive power advantage over Nurmagomedov, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Nurmagomedov's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nurmagomedov had a large advantage over McGregor, boasting a 31% submission rate over McGregor's 5%.

Khabib Nurmagomedov was the same age as Conor McGregor, at 36 years old.

Nurmagomedov had a height advantage of 1 inch over McGregor. Despite this, McGregor had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Nurmagomedov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 6 months later than McGregor, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 60 to McGregor's 45.

Nurmagomedov vs McGregor form

Nurmagomedov remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at du Arena, Abu Dhabi.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by submission in the 4th round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 on 7th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

He had won against Edson Barboza at UFC 219 on 30th December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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Nurmagomedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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