Yan vs Aldo

Who won Yan vs Aldo?

Petr Yan beat Jose Aldo by knockout in the 5th round during the main card of UFC 251, on Saturday 11th July 2020 at UFC Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Bantamweight championship.

Yan vs Aldo stats

Petr Yan stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jose Aldo made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Petr Yan's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Jose Aldo marked his 22nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Petr Yan's UFC record stood at 10-4-0, while Jose Aldo's came in at 14-8-0.

The stats suggested Aldo had an advantage in power over Yan, with a 61% knock out percentage over Yan's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yan had a slight advantage over Aldo, with a 7% submission rate over Aldo's 4%.

Petr Yan was the younger man by 7 years, at 31 years old.

Aldo had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Yan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 8 years and 7 months later than Aldo, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 34 less professional rounds, 77 to Aldo's 111.

Yan vs Aldo form

Jose Aldo had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marlon Moraes at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had won against Renato Moicano at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2nd February 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Centro de Formacao Olimpica do Nordeste, Fortaleza.

Before that, he had beaten Jeremy Stephens at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

He had been defeated by Max Holloway at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Featherweight championship fight at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Activity check

Yan's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Aldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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