Manuwa vs Anderson

Who won Manuwa vs Anderson?

Jimi Manuwa beat Corey Anderson by during the main event of UFC Fight Night 107, on Saturday 18th March 2017 at 02 Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jimi Manuwa.

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).

Manuwa vs Anderson stats

Jimi Manuwa stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Corey Anderson made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jimi Manuwa's UFC record stood at 6-6-0, while Corey Anderson's came in at 10-5-0.

The stats suggested Manuwa had a massive power advantage over Anderson, boasting a 88% knock out percentage over Anderson's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Manuwa had a slight advantage over Anderson, with a 6% submission rate over Anderson's 0%.

Jimi Manuwa was the older man by 10 years, at 44 years old.

Anderson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Manuwa. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Manuwa was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Anderson, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 30 less professional rounds, 35 to Anderson's 65.

Manuwa vs Anderson form

Anderson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Karl Moore at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast on 22nd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Phil Davis at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Before that, he had lost to Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had defeated Ryan Bader at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

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Anderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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