Blachowicz vs Pereira

Who won Blachowicz vs Pereira?

Alex Pereira beat Jan Blachowicz by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 291, on Saturday 29th July 2023 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Alex Pereira.

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).

Blachowicz vs Pereira stats

Jan Blachowicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 29 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Alex Pereira made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Alex Pereira marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Jan Blachowicz's UFC record stood at 12-7-1, while Alex Pereira's came in at 8-1-0.

The stats suggested Pereira had a massive power advantage over Blachowicz, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Pereira, boasting a 31% submission rate over Pereira's 0%.

Jan Blachowicz was the older man by 4 years, at 41 years old.

Pereira 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 29 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 8 years and 7 months earlier than Pereira, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 67 more professional rounds, 95 to Pereira's 28.

Blachowicz vs Pereira form

Blachowicz had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Corey Anderson at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

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

Before that, 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.

He was victorious against Nikita Krylov at UFC Fight Night 136 on 15th September 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Activity check

Blachowicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Pereira's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Blachowicz vs Pereira?

Jan Blachowicz was a 91/100 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Alex Pereira made his way into the ring at 91/100 (-110) with oddsmakers.