Yan vs Kowalkiewicz

Who won Yan vs Kowalkiewicz?

Yan Xiaonan beat Karolina Kowalkiewicz by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 26, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Spark Arena in Auckland.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yan Xiaonan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Yan vs Kowalkiewicz stats

Yan Xiaonan stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Yan Xiaonan's UFC record stood at 8-2-0, while Karolina Kowalkiewicz's came in at 9-7-0.

The stats suggested Yan had a massive power advantage over Kowalkiewicz, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Kowalkiewicz's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kowalkiewicz had an advantage over Yan, with a 17% submission rate over Yan's 0%.

Yan Xiaonan was the younger woman by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Yan had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kowalkiewicz. Despite this, Kowalkiewicz had 1-inch reach advantage.

Yan was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2009, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Kowalkiewicz, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 12 less professional rounds, 45 to Kowalkiewicz's 57.

Yan vs Kowalkiewicz form

Karolina Kowalkiewicz had beaten 1 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

Previous to that, she had been beaten by Jessica Andrade at UFC 228 on 8th September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at American Airlines Center, Dallas.

Going into that contest, she had won against Jodie Esquibel at UFC Fight Night 118 on 21st October 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland.

Before that, she had been defeated by Claudia Gadelha at UFC 212 on 3rd June 2017 by submission in the 1st round at HSBC Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She had lost to Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

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Kowalkiewicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 16 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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