Anders vs Stewart

Who won Anders vs Stewart?

Eryk Anders beat Darren Stewart by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 263, on Saturday 12th June 2021 at Gila River Arena in Glendale.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Eryk Anders.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Anders vs Stewart stats

Eryk Anders stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Darren Stewart made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Eryk Anders' UFC record stood at 8-8-0, while Darren Stewart's came in at 5-7-0.

The stats suggested Anders had a slight advantage in power over Stewart, with a 62% knock out percentage over Stewart's 58%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Anders and Stewart would have been pretty equal, both with a 8% submission rate.

Eryk Anders was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Anders had a height advantage of 1 inch over Stewart. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Anders' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Stewart's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 2 months later than Stewart, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 60 to Stewart's 58.

Anders vs Stewart form

Eryk Anders had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Darren Stewart at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, his fight against Darren Stewart at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Krzysztof Jotko at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Before that, he had beaten Gerald Meerschaert at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

He had been beaten by Khalil Rountree at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta.

Darren Stewart had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Eryk Anders at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Maki Pitolo at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Bartosz Fabi ski at Cage Warriors 113 on 20th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BEC Arena, Manchester, England.

He was victorious against Deron Winn at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Darren Stewart had been fighting more than Eryk Anders.

Going to this contest, Eryk Anders had last fought 2 years, 10 months and 24 days ago, while Darren Stewart's last outing had been 3 years, 1 month and 23 days ago.

Anders' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Stewart's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 28 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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