Villante vs Barnett

Who won Villante vs Barnett?

Chris Barnett beat Gian Villante by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC 268, on Saturday 6th November 2021 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Villante vs Barnett stats

Gian Villante stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Chris Barnett made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by knock out.

Chris Barnett marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Gian Villante's UFC record stood at 7-11-0, while Chris Barnett's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Barnett had an advantage in power over Villante, with a 76% knock out percentage over Villante's 59%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Villante had an advantage over Barnett, with a 12% submission rate over Barnett's 0%.

Gian Villante was the older man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Villante had a height advantage of 6 inches over Barnett.

Villante was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 months earlier than Barnett, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 66 to Barnett's 62.

Villante vs Barnett form

Gian Villante had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Maurice Greene at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Going into that contest, he had won against Ed Herman at UFC Fight Night 138 on 27th October 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Moncton Events Centre, Moncton, Canada.

Before that, he had been defeated by Sam Alvey at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, United States.

He had beaten Francimar Barroso at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

Villante's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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