Blaydes vs Willis

Who won Blaydes vs Willis?

Curtis Blaydes beat Justin Willis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 6, on Saturday 23rd March 2019 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Blaydes vs Willis stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Justin Willis made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Blaydes had a large advantage in power over Willis, boasting at 80% knock out percentage over Willis' 50%.

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

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Blaydes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Willis. Despite this, Willis had 2-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 11 months later than Willis, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 47 to Willis' 21.

Blaydes vs Willis form

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had won against Justin Willis at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Francis NGannou at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

He had beat Mark Hunt at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

Activity check

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Willis' last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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