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 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, his fight against Darren Stewart at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, 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.

He had been defeated by Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night 137 on 22nd September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Stewart had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Matthew Bonner at Cage Warriors 156 on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vale Sports Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Leon Aliu at Cage Warriors 154 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Guilherme Cadena at Cage Warriors 148 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had lost to Mick Stanton at Cage Warriors 141 on 22nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, London, England.

He had been beaten by Dustin Jacoby at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, 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 3 years, 1 month and 11 days ago, while Darren Stewart's last outing had been 9 months and 23 days ago.

Anders' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 12 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 2 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 13 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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