Sakai vs Ivanov

Who won Sakai vs Ivanov?

Augusto Sakai beat Blagoy Ivanov by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 1, on Saturday 30th May 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Augusto Sakai.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Sakai vs Ivanov stats

Augusto Sakai stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Blagoy Ivanov made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Augusto Sakai's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Blagoy Ivanov's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Sakai had a massive power advantage over Ivanov, boasting a 79% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a massive advantage over Sakai, boasting a 33% submission rate over Sakai's 0%.

Augusto Sakai was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Sakai had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ivanov. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Sakai was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years later than Ivanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 49 to Ivanov's 64.

Sakai vs Ivanov form

Blagoy Ivanov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Tai Tuivasa at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ben Rothwell at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

Before that, he had been beaten by Junior dos Santos at UFC Fight Night 133 on 14th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at CenturyLink Arena, Boise.

He had defeated Caio Alencar at PFL on 2nd November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Washington Hilton, Washington D.C..

Activity check

Ivanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 18 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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