UFC UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping Final

Mike Wilkinson vs Makwan Amirkhani

Mike Wilkinson
England

Mike Wilkinson

“The Warrior”

9-5

VS
Makwan Amirkhani
Finland

Makwan Amirkhani

“Mr. Finland”

20-11

Winner

Winner

Makwan Amirkhani

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

27 February 2016 · The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom

Key takeaways

  • Makwan Amirkhani beat Mike Wilkinson by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Makwan Amirkhani landed 54 of 77 total strikes and 4 of 7 takedowns, with 10:07 of control time.
  • Mike Wilkinson landed more total strikes — 70 to 54 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 28-29, 27-30, 28-29.
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Tale of the tape

Mike WilkinsonMakwan Amirkhani
9-5Record20-11
28Age on fight night27
5′7″ (170 cm)Height5′10″ (178 cm)
66″ (168 cm)Reach72″ (183 cm)
145 lb (65.8 kg)Weight145 lb (65.8 kg)
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
Atherton Submission WrestlingTeamSBG Ireland
Leigh, England, United KingdomFromKermanshah, Kurdistan

Fight statistics

70of 94 · 74%Total strikes landed54of 77 · 70%
63of 87Head strikes51of 73
7of 7Body strikes1of 2
0Leg strikes2of 2
0Takedowns4of 7
2Submission attempts0
2:35Control time10:07

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Mike WilkinsonRoundMakwan Amirkhani
5/5strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR122/34strikes1/1TD0KD4:22control
17/22strikes0/0TD0KD0:14controlR211/17strikes2/3TD0KD3:40control
48/67strikes0/0TD0KD2:21controlR321/26strikes1/3TD0KD2:05control

Judges’ scorecards

Mark Collett

9R1109R21010R39

28total29

Peter Lavery

9R1109R2109R310

27total30

Jeff Mullen

9R1109R21010R39

28total29

Form going into the fight

Mike Wilkinson

  1. WNiklas Backstrom2014
  2. WBrendan Loughnaneunanimous decision2012
  3. LRony Jason2013

Makwan Amirkhani

  1. WAndy OgleKO/TKO R1 0:082015
  2. WMasio Fullensubmission R1 1:412015

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