Ivanov vs Alencar

Who won Ivanov vs Alencar?

Blagoy Ivanov beat Caio Alencar by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL, on Thursday 2nd November 2017 at Washington Hilton in Washington D.C..

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Blagoy Ivanov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Ivanov vs Alencar stats

Blagoy Ivanov stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Caio Alencar made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Blagoy Ivanov's PFL record stood at 1-1-0, while Caio Alencar's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Alencar had a slight advantage in power over Ivanov, with a 45% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alencar had a slight advantage over Ivanov, with a 45% submission rate over Ivanov's 40%.

Blagoy Ivanov was the younger man by 8 years, at 37 years old.

Alencar had a height advantage of 5 inches over Ivanov. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Ivanov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years earlier than Alencar, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 64 to Alencar's 24.

Ivanov vs Alencar form

Blagoy Ivanov had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Alexander Romanov at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had been defeated by Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Ivanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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