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.

Marcin Tybura's UFC record stood at 12-7-0, 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 7 more professional rounds, 71 to Ivanov's 64.

Tybura vs Ivanov form

Tybura had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alexander Romanov at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Walt Harris at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Before that, he had defeated Greg Hardy at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Ben Rothwell at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Blagoy Ivanov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that 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.

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

He had defeated Ben Rothwell at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

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, 11 months and 4 days ago, while Blagoy Ivanov's last outing had been 2 years, 2 months and 17 days ago.

Tybura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Ivanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 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.