Blaydes vs Daukaus

Who won Blaydes vs Daukaus?

Curtis Blaydes beat Chris Daukaus by during the main event of UFC Fight Night Columbus, on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Blaydes vs Daukaus stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Chris Daukaus made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-4-0, while Chris Daukaus' came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Daukaus had a large advantage in power over Blaydes, boasting a 92% knock out percentage over Blaydes' 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Blaydes and Daukaus would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

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

Blaydes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 months later than Daukaus, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 50 to Daukaus' 27.

Blaydes vs Daukaus form

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

In his last fight before 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.

Daukaus' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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