Blaydes vs Abdurakhimov

Who won Blaydes vs Abdurakhimov?

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

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Curtis Blaydes.

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.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-4-0, 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 9 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 5 less professional rounds, 50 to Abdurakhimov's 55.

Blaydes vs Abdurakhimov form

Blaydes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

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

He had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Abdurakhimov's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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