Ankalaev vs Abreu

Who won Ankalaev vs Abreu?

Magomed Ankalaev beat Klidson Abreu by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 3, on Saturday 23rd February 2019 at O2 Arena in Prague.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Magomed Ankalaev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Ankalaev vs Abreu stats

Magomed Ankalaev stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Klidson Abreu made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Magomed Ankalaev's UFC record stood at 10-1-1, while Klidson Abreu's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Ankalaev had a massive power advantage over Abreu, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Abreu's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Abreu had a massive advantage over Ankalaev, boasting a 71% submission rate over Ankalaev's 0%.

Magomed Ankalaev was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Ankalaev had a height advantage of 3 inches over Abreu. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ankalaev was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 2 months later than Abreu, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 52 to Abreu's 44.

Ankalaev vs Abreu form

Ankalaev had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ion Cutelaba at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he was victorious against Ion Cutelaba at UFC on ESPN+ 27 on 29th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Chartway Arena, Norfolk, United States.

He had won against Klidson Abreu at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

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Ankalaev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 5 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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