Blaydes vs Abdurakhimov

Who won Blaydes vs Abdurakhimov?

Curtis Blaydes beat Shamil Abdurakhimov by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 242, on Saturday 7th September 2019 at du Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Blaydes vs Abdurakhimov stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shamil Abdurakhimov made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Curtis Blaydes' 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Shamil Abdurakhimov's came in at 5-7-0.

The stats suggested Blaydes had a large advantage in power over Abdurakhimov, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Abdurakhimov's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Abdurakhimov had an advantage over Blaydes, with a 20% submission rate over Blaydes' 0%.

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 10 years, at 33 years old.

Blaydes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Abdurakhimov. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 6 years and 1 month later than Abdurakhimov, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 51 to Abdurakhimov's 55.

Blaydes vs Abdurakhimov form

Blaydes 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 Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh.

Activity check

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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