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.

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 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 13 less professional rounds, 51 to Hunt's 64.

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Hunt's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 1 month and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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