Gamrot vs Anjos

Who won Gamrot vs Anjos?

Mateusz Gamrot beat Rafael dos Anjos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 299, on Saturday 9th March 2024 at Kaseya Center in Miami.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Mateusz Gamrot.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gamrot vs Anjos stats

Mateusz Gamrot stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Rafael dos Anjos made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 15 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 11 by submission.

Mateusz Gamrot's UFC record stood at 7-2-0, while Rafael dos Anjos' came in at 21-14-0.

The stats suggested Gamrot had an advantage in power over Anjos, with a 35% knock out percentage over Anjos' 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anjos had an advantage over Gamrot, with a 34% submission rate over Gamrot's 22%.

Mateusz Gamrot was the younger man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Gamrot had a height advantage of 2 inches over Anjos. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Gamrot was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 7 years and 4 months later than Anjos, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 66 less professional rounds, 73 to Anjos' 139.

Gamrot vs Anjos form

Rafael dos Anjos had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Michael Chiesa at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at PNC Arena, Raleigh, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Leon Edwards at UFC on ESPN 4 on 20th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kevin Lee at UFC on ESPN+ 10 on 18th May 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Blue Cross Arena, Rochester.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kamaru Usman at The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale on 30th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Pearl at the Palms, Las Vegas.

He had lost to Colby Covington at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

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Anjos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Gamrot vs Anjos?

Mateusz Gamrot was a 11/50 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Rafael dos Anjos made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+350) with oddsmakers.