Tybura vs Ivanov

Who won Tybura vs Ivanov?

Marcin Tybura beat Blagoy Ivanov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 4th February 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Marcin Tybura.

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).

Tybura vs Ivanov stats

Marcin Tybura stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Blagoy Ivanov made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Marcin Tybura's 20th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Marcin Tybura's UFC record stood at 12-8-0, while Blagoy Ivanov's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Tybura had a slight advantage in power over Ivanov, with a 39% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a slight advantage over Tybura, with a 32% submission rate over Tybura's 26%.

Marcin Tybura was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Tybura had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ivanov. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Tybura was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years later than Ivanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 72 to Ivanov's 64.

Tybura vs Ivanov form

Tybura had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura on 22nd July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alexander Romanov at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

He had defeated Walt Harris at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Blagoy Ivanov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by 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 was victorious 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 won against 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 lost to 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 beaten Caio Alencar at PFL on 2nd November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Washington Hilton, Washington D.C..

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Marcin Tybura had been fighting more than Blagoy Ivanov.

Going to this contest, Marcin Tybura had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 20 days ago, while Blagoy Ivanov's last outing had been 4 years, 10 months and 9 days ago.

Tybura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Ivanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tybura vs Ivanov?

Marcin Tybura was a 7/10 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Blagoy Ivanov made his way into the ring at 23/20 (+120) with oddsmakers.