Yan vs Kowalkiewicz

Who won Yan vs Kowalkiewicz?

Yan Xiaonan beat Karolina Kowalkiewicz by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 26, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at Spark Arena in Auckland.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yan Xiaonan.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Yan vs Kowalkiewicz stats

Yan Xiaonan stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz made her way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Yan Xiaonan's UFC record stood at 8-2-0, while Karolina Kowalkiewicz's came in at 9-7-0.

The stats suggested Yan had a massive power advantage over Kowalkiewicz, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Kowalkiewicz's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kowalkiewicz had an advantage over Yan, with a 17% submission rate over Yan's 0%.

Yan Xiaonan was the younger woman by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Yan had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kowalkiewicz. Despite this, Kowalkiewicz had 1-inch reach advantage.

Yan was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2009, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Kowalkiewicz, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 12 less professional rounds, 45 to Kowalkiewicz's 57.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yan Xiaonan had been fighting more than Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

Going to this contest, Yan Xiaonan had last fought 2 years, 10 months and 27 days ago, while Karolina Kowalkiewicz's last outing had been 6 years, 5 months and 28 days ago.

Yan's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 27 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Kowalkiewicz's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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