Jones vs Gustafsson

Who won Jones vs Gustafsson?

Jon Jones beat Alexander Gustafsson by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of UFC 232, on Saturday 29th December 2018 at The Forum in Inglewood.

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 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jon Jones' UFC record stood at 21-1-0, while Alexander Gustafsson's came in at 10-8-0.

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 same age as Alexander Gustafsson, at 37 years old.

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

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Jones had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Thiago Santos at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by split decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Anthony Smith at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

His fight against Daniel Cormier at UFC 214 on 29th July 2017 ended in a no contest.

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Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

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