Dariush vs Klose

Who won Dariush vs Klose?

Beneil Dariush beat Drakkar Klose by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 248, on Saturday 7th March 2020 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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).

Dariush vs Klose stats

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

Drakkar Klose made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Drakkar Klose marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Beneil Dariush's UFC record stood at 16-6-1, while Drakkar Klose's came in at 9-3-0.

The stats suggested Klose had a massive power advantage over Dariush, boasting a 36% knock out percentage over Dariush's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Dariush and Klose would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Beneil Dariush was the younger man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Dariush had a height advantage of 1 inch over Klose. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Dariush was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 years and 4 months earlier than Klose, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 56 to Klose's 45.

Dariush vs Klose form

Dariush had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Scott Holtzman at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Drakkar Klose at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Frank Camacho at UFC on ESPN+ 20 on 26th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Before that, he was victorious against Drew Dober at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, United States.

He had won against Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night 139 on 10th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pepsi Center, Denver.

Activity check

Dariush's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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