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.

This was Yan Xiaonan's 12th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2017. Karolina Kowalkiewicz marked her 18th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Yan Xiaonan's UFC record stood at 9-3-0, while Karolina Kowalkiewicz's came in at 9-9-0.

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 35 years old.

Yan had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kowalkiewicz. Despite this, Kowalkiewicz had a 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 10 less professional rounds, 53 to Kowalkiewicz's 63.

Yan vs Kowalkiewicz form

Karolina Kowalkiewicz had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Diana Belbita at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Vanessa Demopoulos at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Silvana Gomez Juarez at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, she was victorious against Felice Herrig at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

She had lost to Jessica Penne at UFC 265 on 7th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

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Kowalkiewicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 8 months and 20 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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