Krylov vs Gustafsson

Who won Krylov vs Gustafsson?

Nikita Krylov beat Alexander Gustafsson by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night London, on Saturday 23rd July 2022 at The O2 in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Krylov vs Gustafsson stats

Nikita Krylov stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 15 by submission.

Alexander Gustafsson made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Nikita Krylov's UFC record stood at 11-7-0, while Alexander Gustafsson's came in at 10-8-0.

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

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Krylov had a massive advantage over Gustafsson, boasting a 56% submission rate over Gustafsson's 17%.

Nikita Krylov was the younger man by 6 years, at 31 years old.

Gustafsson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Krylov. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Krylov's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Gustafsson's, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 8 months later than Gustafsson, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 55 to Gustafsson's 55.

Krylov vs Gustafsson form

Nikita Krylov had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Paul Craig at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Johnny Walker at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Glover Teixeira at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he had beaten Ovince St. Preux at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He had been defeated by Jan Blachowicz at UFC Fight Night 136 on 15th September 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Activity check

Krylov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Gustafsson's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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