Sep 26 2020
Saturday

UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Co-Main Event
5 rounds contest @ Light Heavyweight
26-8-0
KO 2
KO 2
0-0-0

Belts on The Line

Vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship

The tape

40
Age
33
6' 2" / 188 cm
Height
6' 4" / 193 cm
78" / 198 cm
Reach
77.2" / 196 cm

Tape record

KOSDKOKOSUB
Form
UDKOSDUDKO
26
Wins
0
7
By KO
0
27
KO%
0
9
By SUB
0
35
SUB%
0
8
Loses
0
2
Stopped
0
1
Tapped
0
0
Draws
0
2007
Debut
2014
34
Bouts
0
75
Rounds
0
5 hours, 29 minutes
Fight Time
0 seconds

Tape rankings @ Light Heavyweight

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UFC
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Bellator
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Tapology
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Jan Blachowicz vs Dominick Reyes report

Who won Błachowicz vs Reyes?

Jan Blachowicz beat Dominick Reyes by during the co-main event of UFC 253, on Saturday 26th September 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of 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 vacant UFC light heavyweight championship.

Błachowicz vs Reyes stats

Jan Blachowicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Dominick Reyes made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins and 0 draws.

The stats suggested Blachowicz had a large advantage in power over Reyes, boasting at 27% knock out percentage over Reyes' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Reyes, boasting at 35% submission rate over Reyes' 0%.

Jan Blachowicz was the older man by 7 years, at 40 years old.

Reyes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Blachowicz. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Blachowicz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 years and 9 months earlier than Reyes, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 67 more professional rounds, 95 to Reyes' 28.

Błachowicz vs Reyes form

Reyes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Chris Weidman at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, he had beat Volkan Oezdemir at UFC on ESPN+ 5 on 16th March 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Ovince St. Preux at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had won against Jared Cannonier at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.

Activity check

Blachowicz's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Reyes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Błachowicz vs Reyes?

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