Machida vs Anders

Who won Machida vs Anders?

Lyoto Machida beat Eryk Anders by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night 125, on Saturday 3rd February 2018 at Mangueirinho Gymnasium in Belem.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lyoto Machida.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Machida vs Anders stats

Lyoto Machida stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Eryk Anders made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Lyoto Machida's UFC record stood at 16-8-0, while Eryk Anders' came in at 8-8-0.

The stats suggested Anders had an advantage in power over Machida, with a 60% knock out percentage over Machida's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anders had a slight advantage over Machida, with a 10% submission rate over Machida's 9%.

Lyoto Machida was the older man by 8 years, at 45 years old.

Anders had 1-inch reach advantage.

Machida was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 12 years and 3 months earlier than Anders, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 39 more professional rounds, 99 to Anders' 60.

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Machida's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Machida vs Anders?

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