Reyes vs Weidman

Who won Reyes vs Weidman?

Dominick Reyes beat Chris Weidman by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN 6, on Friday 18th October 2019 at TD Garden in Boston.

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).

Reyes vs Weidman stats

Dominick Reyes stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Chris Weidman made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Dominick Reyes' UFC record stood at 6-4-0, while Chris Weidman's came in at 12-7-0.

The stats suggested Weidman had a massive power advantage over Reyes, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Reyes' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Weidman had a large advantage over Reyes, boasting a 29% submission rate over Reyes' 0%.

Dominick Reyes was the younger man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

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

Reyes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 9 months later than Weidman, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 24 less professional rounds, 28 to Weidman's 52.

Reyes vs Weidman form

Reyes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chris Weidman at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Volkan Oezdemir at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Ovince St. Preux at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He was victorious against Jared Cannonier at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.

Activity check

Reyes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Weidman's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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