Dillashaw vs Garbrandt

Who won Dillashaw vs Garbrandt?

T.J. Dillashaw beat Cody Garbrandt by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC 227, on Saturday 4th August 2018 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC bantamweight championship.

Dillashaw vs Garbrandt stats

T.J. Dillashaw stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Cody Garbrandt made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

Cody Garbrandt marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

T.J. Dillashaw's UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Cody Garbrandt's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested Garbrandt had a massive power advantage over Dillashaw, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Dillashaw's 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dillashaw had an advantage over Garbrandt, with a 20% submission rate over Garbrandt's 0%.

T.J. Dillashaw was the older man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

Garbrandt had a height advantage of 2 inches over Dillashaw. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Dillashaw was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 9 months earlier than Garbrandt, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 58 to Garbrandt's 38.

Dillashaw vs Garbrandt form

Dillashaw had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Cory Sandhagen at UFC Vegas 32 on 24th July 2021 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Henry Cejudo at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Before that, he had beaten Cody Garbrandt at UFC 227 on 4th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Staples Center, Los Angeles.

He had defeated Cody Garbrandt at UFC 217 on 4th November 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Dillashaw's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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