Blaydes vs Hunt

Who won Blaydes vs Hunt?

Curtis Blaydes beat Mark Hunt by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 221, on Saturday 10th February 2018 at Perth Arena in Perth.

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 Hunt stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mark Hunt made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-4-0, while Mark Hunt's came in at 8-8-1.

The stats suggested Blaydes had an advantage in power over Hunt, with a 88% knock out percentage over Hunt's 77%.

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

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 17 years, at 33 years old.

Blaydes had a height advantage of 6 inches over Hunt. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 9 years and 11 months later than Hunt, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 50 to Hunt's 64.

Blaydes vs Hunt 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.

Mark Hunt had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Fight Night 136 on 15th September 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Previous to that, he had lost to Curtis Blaydes at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 4th round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Brock Lesnar at UFC 200 on 9th July 2016 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Curtis Blaydes had been fighting more than Mark Hunt.

Going to this contest, Curtis Blaydes had last fought 11 months and 27 days ago, while Mark Hunt's last outing had been 5 years, 7 months and 3 days ago.

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.

Hunt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 22 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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