Mousasi vs Weidman

Who won Mousasi vs Weidman?

Gegard Mousasi beat Chris Weidman by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC 210, on Saturday 8th April 2017 at KeyBank Center in Buffalo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Mousasi vs Weidman stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 41 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Chris Weidman made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Chris Weidman marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Gegard Mousasi's UFC record stood at 9-3-0, while Chris Weidman's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Mousasi had a slight advantage in power over Weidman, with a 56% knock out percentage over Weidman's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mousasi had a slight advantage over Weidman, with a 29% submission rate over Weidman's 23%.

Gegard Mousasi was the younger man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Weidman had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 5 years and 9 months earlier than Weidman, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 61 more professional rounds, 115 to Weidman's 54.

Mousasi vs Weidman form

Chris Weidman had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Eryk Anders at UFC 310 on 7th December 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Bruno Silva at UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot on 30th March 2024 by technical decision in their 3 round contest at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Brad Tavares at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, he had been defeated by Uriah Hall at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had beaten Omari Akhmedov at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Weidman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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