Pavlovich vs Blaydes

Who won Pavlovich vs Blaydes?

Sergei Pavlovich beat Curtis Blaydes by during the main event of UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes, on Saturday 22nd April 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sergei Pavlovich.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Pavlovich vs Blaydes stats

Sergei Pavlovich stepped 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 made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Sergei Pavlovich's UFC record stood at 6-2-0, while Curtis Blaydes' came in at 13-4-0.

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

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Pavlovich and Blaydes would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Sergei Pavlovich was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

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

Pavlovich was 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 had fought 22 less professional rounds, 28 to Blaydes' 50.

Pavlovich vs Blaydes form

Blaydes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

Before that, 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.

He had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pavlovich's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pavlovich vs Blaydes?

Sergei Pavlovich was a 13/10 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Curtis Blaydes made his way into the ring at 31/50 (-160) with oddsmakers.