Yan vs Kowalkiewicz

Who won Yan vs Kowalkiewicz?

Xiaonan Yan 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 as in favor of winner Xiaonan Yan.

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

Xiaonan Yan stepped into the ring 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 ring with a record of 12 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

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

Xiaonan Yan was the younger woman by 3 years, at 33 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 less 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 10 less professional rounds, 38 to Kowalkiewicz's 48.

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Kowalkiewicz's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 23 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 7 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.