Manuwa vs Anderson

Who won Manuwa vs Anderson?

Jimi Manuwa beat Corey Anderson by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 107, on Saturday 18th March 2017 at 02 Arena in London.

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).

Manuwa vs Anderson stats

Jimi Manuwa stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Corey Anderson made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jimi Manuwa's UFC record stood at 6-6-0, while Corey Anderson's came in at 10-5-0.

The stats suggested Manuwa had a massive power advantage over Anderson, boasting a 88% knock out percentage over Anderson's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Manuwa had a slight advantage over Anderson, with a 6% submission rate over Anderson's 0%.

Jimi Manuwa was the older man by 10 years, at 44 years old.

Anderson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Manuwa. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Manuwa was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Anderson, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 35 to Anderson's 65.

Manuwa vs Anderson form

Corey Anderson had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by in the 3rd round at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Ryan Bader at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had lost to Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho.

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Anderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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