Anderson vs Yagshimuradov

Who won Anderson vs Yagshimuradov?

Corey Anderson beat Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Bellator 257, on Friday 16th April 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Anderson vs Yagshimuradov stats

Corey Anderson stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Corey Anderson's Bellator record stood at 5-1-0, while Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Yagshimuradov had an advantage in power over Anderson, with a 61% knock out percentage over Anderson's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yagshimuradov had a large advantage over Anderson, boasting a 22% submission rate over Anderson's 0%.

Corey Anderson was the same age as Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, at 34 years old.

Anderson had a height advantage of 4 inches over Yagshimuradov.

Anderson was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year later than Yagshimuradov, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 65 to Yagshimuradov's 61.

Anderson vs Yagshimuradov form

Anderson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ilir Latifi at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had defeated Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.

He had been beaten by Jimi Manuwa at UFC Fight Night 107 on 18th March 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

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Anderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 1 month and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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