Werdum vs Gustafsson

Who won Werdum vs Gustafsson?

Fabricio Werdum beat Alexander Gustafsson by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Island 3, on Saturday 25th July 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Fabricio Werdum.

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).

Werdum vs Gustafsson stats

Fabricio Werdum stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Alexander Gustafsson made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Fabricio Werdum's UFC record stood at 12-6-0, while Alexander Gustafsson's came in at 10-8-0.

The stats suggested Gustafsson had a massive power advantage over Werdum, boasting a 61% knock out percentage over Werdum's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Werdum had a massive advantage over Gustafsson, boasting a 48% submission rate over Gustafsson's 17%.

Fabricio Werdum was the older man by 9 years, at 46 years old.

Gustafsson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Werdum. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Werdum was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 5 years and 5 months earlier than Gustafsson, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 76 to Gustafsson's 55.

Werdum vs Gustafsson form

Fabricio Werdum had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Renan Ferreira at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night 127 on 17th March 2018 by knockout in the 4th round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beaten Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night 121 on 18th November 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia.

He had defeated Walt Harris at UFC 216 on 7th October 2017 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Alexander Gustafsson had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Nikita Krylov 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 lost to Fabricio Werdum at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Anthony Smith at UFC on ESPN+ 11 on 1st June 2019 by submission in the 4th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Before that, he had been defeated by Jon Jones at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

He was victorious against Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 109 on 28th May 2017 by knockout in the 5th round at Ericsson Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Fabricio Werdum had been fighting more than Alexander Gustafsson.

Going to this contest, Fabricio Werdum had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 12 days ago, while Alexander Gustafsson's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 26 days ago.

Werdum's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Gustafsson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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