Pavlovich vs Blaydes

When is Pavlovich vs Blaydes?

Sergey Pavlovich is set to face the challenge of Curtis Blaydes in the main event of UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes, on Saturday 22nd April 2023 in the United States.

The fight will take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which means there is no weight limit.

Pavlovich vs Blaydes stats

Sergey Pavlovich steps into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Curtis Blaydes will make his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggest Pavlovich has an advantage in power over Blaydes, with a 82% knock out percentage over Blaydes' 71%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest that Pavlovich and Blaydes will be pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Sergey Pavlovich is the younger man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Blaydes has a height advantage of 1 inch over Pavlovich. Despite this, he has 4-inch reach advantage.

Pavlovich is the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 6 months later than Blaydes, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He has fought 21 less professional rounds, 26 to Blaydes' 47.

Pavlovich vs Blaydes form

Sergey Pavlovich has stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Tai Tuivasa at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beat Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Marcelo Golm at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

He had been beaten by Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night 141 on 24th November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Cadillac Arena, Beijing, China.

Blaydes has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he won against Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beat Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Curtis Blaydes has been fighting more than Sergey Pavlovich.

Sergey Pavlovich last fought 3 months and 19 days ago, while Curtis Blaydes' last outing was 7 months and 27 days ago.

Pavlovich's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1 rounds on average.

Blaydes' last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 2 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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