Anjos vs Felder

Who won Anjos vs Felder?

Rafael dos Anjos beat Paul Felder by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Vegas 14, on Saturday 14th November 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rafael dos Anjos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Anjos vs Felder stats

Rafael dos Anjos stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Paul Felder made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Rafael dos Anjos' UFC record stood at 21-14-0, while Paul Felder's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested Felder had a massive power advantage over Anjos, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Anjos' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anjos had a large advantage over Felder, boasting a 34% submission rate over Felder's 6%.

Rafael dos Anjos was the younger man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Felder had a height advantage of 3 inches over Anjos. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Anjos was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2004, 7 years and 2 months earlier than Felder, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 80 more professional rounds, 139 to Felder's 59.

Anjos vs Felder form

Rafael dos Anjos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Michael Chiesa at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at PNC Arena, Raleigh, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Leon Edwards at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kevin Lee at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kamaru Usman at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale on 30th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Pearl at the Palms, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Colby Covington at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Dan Hooker at UFC on ESPN+ 26 on 22nd February 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Previous to that, he had beaten Edson Barboza at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had defeated James Vick at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Mike Perry at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

He was victorious against Stevie Ray at UFC Fight Night 113 on 16th July 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Rafael dos Anjos had been fighting more than Paul Felder.

Going to this contest, Rafael dos Anjos had last fought 4 years and 6 months ago, while Paul Felder's last outing had been 4 years, 5 months and 3 days ago.

Anjos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

Felder's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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