Dominick Cruz vs Casey Kenney — UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Dominick Cruz vs Casey Kenney

Bantamweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

Saturday, March 6, 2021 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Dominick Cruz def. Casey Kenney

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Jason HerzogDerek Cleary · 28-29Mike Bell · 29-28Sal D'amato · 27-30Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Dominick CruzRound 3Casey Kenney

27 / 64Sig. strikes18 / 57

42%Accuracy32%

53 / 91Total strikes18 / 57

0Knockdowns0

2 / 4Takedowns0 / 2

0Sub. attempts0

2:07Control0:00

5.4Pace / min3.6

100%Control share0%

Dominick Cruz

Targethead 63% · body 33% · leg 4%

Phasedistance 85% · clinch 15% · ground 0%

Casey Kenney

Targethead 61% · body 17% · leg 22%

Phasedistance 94% · clinch 6% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeDominick Cruz landed 27 significant strikes to 18.Control edgeDominick Cruz held 127s of control to 0s.Striking edgeDominick Cruz struck at 42% accuracy to 32%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Pace downDominick Cruz's significant-strike pace moved -25% from R2 to R3, 5.4 against 7.2 per minute.
Control swingDominick Cruz's control time moved +127s, 127s against 0s.
Pace downCasey Kenney's significant-strike pace moved -45% from R2 to R3, 3.6 against 6.6 per minute.
Accuracy shiftCasey Kenney's significant-strike accuracy moved -14 pts, 32% against 45%.
Grappling pressureCasey Kenney attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 2 against 0.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Dominick Cruz

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Casey Kenney

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

89Dominick Cruz sig. strikes

74Casey Kenney sig. strikes

3rounds observed

-45%largest pace swing, R2 to R3 (Casey Kenney)