Nurmagomedov vs Muro

Who won Nurmagomedov vs Muro?

Usman Nurmagomedov beat Manny Muro by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 263, on Saturday 31st July 2021 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Nurmagomedov vs Muro stats

Usman Nurmagomedov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Manny Muro made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Usman Nurmagomedov's 8th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Usman Nurmagomedov's Bellator record stood at 7-0-0, while Manny Muro's came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Muro had an advantage in power over Nurmagomedov, with a 17% knock out percentage over Nurmagomedov's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Muro had an advantage over Nurmagomedov, with a 17% submission rate over Nurmagomedov's 0%.

Usman Nurmagomedov was the younger man by 12 years, at 26 years old.

Nurmagomedov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Muro. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Nurmagomedov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 years and 2 months later than Muro, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 43 to Muro's 55.

Nurmagomedov vs Muro form

Nurmagomedov remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Patricky Pitbull at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chris Gonzalez at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Patrik Pietila at Bellator MMA on 23rd October 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he was victorious against Manny Muro at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

He had won against Mike Hamel at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Nurmagomedov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 15 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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