Błachowicz vs Adesanya

Who won Błachowicz vs Adesanya?

Jan Blachowicz beat Israel Adesanya by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 259, on Saturday 6th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jan Blachowicz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Light Heavyweight championship.

Błachowicz vs Adesanya stats

Jan Blachowicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Israel Adesanya made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 20 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jan Blachowicz's UFC record stood at 12-7-1, while Israel Adesanya's came in at 13-3-0.

The stats suggested Adesanya had a massive power advantage over Blachowicz, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Adesanya, boasting a 33% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Jan Blachowicz was the older man by 7 years, at 41 years old.

Adesanya had a height advantage of 2 inches over Blachowicz. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Blachowicz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years earlier than Adesanya, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 95 to Adesanya's 76.

Błachowicz vs Adesanya form

Blachowicz had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Dominick Reyes at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Corey Anderson at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ronaldo Souza at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he was victorious against Luke Rockhold at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had lost to Thiago Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Adesanya had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Paulo Costa at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Before that, he was victorious against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He had won against Anderson Silva at UFC 234 on 9th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jan Blachowicz had been fighting more than Israel Adesanya.

Going to this contest, Jan Blachowicz had last fought 3 years, 7 months and 9 days ago, while Israel Adesanya's last outing had been 3 years, 7 months and 9 days ago.

Blachowicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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