Błachowicz vs Adesanya

Who won Błachowicz vs Adesanya?

Jan Blachowicz beat Israel Adesanya by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 259, on Saturday 6th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jan Blachowicz.

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).

This contest was for the UFC light heavyweight championship.

Błachowicz vs Adesanya stats

Jan Blachowicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Israel Adesanya made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 20 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jan Blachowicz's UFC record stood at 12-7-1, while Israel Adesanya's came in at 13-3-0.

The stats suggested Adesanya had a massive power advantage over Blachowicz, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Adesanya, boasting a 33% submission rate over Adesanya's 0%.

Jan Blachowicz was the older man by 7 years, at 41 years old.

Adesanya had a height advantage of 2 inches over Blachowicz. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Blachowicz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years earlier than Adesanya, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 95 to Adesanya's 76.

Błachowicz vs Adesanya form

Blachowicz had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ronaldo Souza at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had beaten Luke Rockhold at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Thiago Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on 23rd February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic.

Before that, he had defeated Nikita Krylov at UFC Fight Night 136 on 15th September 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia.

He was victorious against Jimi Manuwa at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Blachowicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Adesanya's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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