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.

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Alvarez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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