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

Gamrot 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 won against Rafael Fiziev at UFC Fight Night – Fiziev vs Gamrot on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jalin Turner at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Beneil Dariush at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Arman Tsarukyan at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He was victorious against Diego Ferreira at UFC Fight Night on 18th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.

Rafael dos Anjos had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Bryan Barberena at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Rafael Fiziev at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Renato Moicano at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Paul Felder at UFC Vegas 14 on 14th November 2020 by split decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Mateusz Gamrot had been fighting more than Rafael dos Anjos.

Going to this contest, Mateusz Gamrot had last fought 7 months and 10 days ago, while Rafael dos Anjos' last outing had been 8 months and 21 days ago.

Gamrot's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Anjos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 10 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.