Alvarez vs Gaethje

Who won Alvarez vs Gaethje?

Eddie Alvarez beat Justin Gaethje by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 218, on Saturday 2nd December 2017 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Alvarez vs Gaethje stats

Eddie Alvarez stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Justin Gaethje made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 18 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Justin Gaethje marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Eddie Alvarez's UFC record stood at 4-3-0, while Justin Gaethje's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a large advantage in power over Alvarez, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Alvarez's 57%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alvarez had an advantage over Gaethje, with a 21% submission rate over Gaethje's 6%.

Eddie Alvarez was the older man by 5 years, at 40 years old.

Gaethje had a height advantage of 2 inches over Alvarez. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Alvarez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 7 years and 8 months earlier than Gaethje, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 77 to Gaethje's 66.

Alvarez vs Gaethje form

Gaethje had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Donald Cerrone at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

He was victorious against Edson Barboza at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

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Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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