Błachowicz vs Anderson

Who won Błachowicz vs Anderson?

Jan Blachowicz beat Corey Anderson by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN+ 25, on Saturday 15th February 2020 at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho.

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).

Błachowicz vs Anderson stats

Jan Blachowicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Corey Anderson made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jan Blachowicz's UFC record stood at 12-7-1, while Corey Anderson's came in at 10-5-0.

The stats suggested Anderson had an advantage in power over Blachowicz, with a 38% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Anderson, boasting a 36% submission rate over Anderson's 0%.

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

Anderson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Blachowicz. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Blachowicz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 1 month earlier than Anderson, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 95 to Anderson's 65.

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

In his last fight before 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.

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Blachowicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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