Jones vs Gustafsson

Who won Jones vs Gustafsson?

Jon Jones beat Alexander Gustafsson by during the main event of UFC 232, on Saturday 29th December 2018 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Jon Jones.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

This contest was for the UFC light heavyweight championship.

Jones vs Gustafsson stats

Jon Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Alexander Gustafsson made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Gustafsson had an advantage in power over Jones, with a 61% knock out percentage over Jones' 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had a slight advantage over Gustafsson, with a 27% submission rate over Gustafsson's 17%.

Jon Jones was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Gustafsson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jones. Despite this, he had 6-inch reach advantage.

Jones was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 months later than Gustafsson, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 83 to Gustafsson's 55.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Alexander Gustafsson had been fighting more than Jon Jones.

Going to this contest, Jon Jones had last fought 5 years, 7 months and 23 days ago, while Alexander Gustafsson's last outing had been 5 years, 9 months and 24 days ago.

What were the odds on Jones vs Gustafsson?

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