Ivanov vs Rothwell

Who won Ivanov vs Rothwell?

Blagoy Ivanov beat Ben Rothwell by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 4, on Saturday 9th March 2019 at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Blagoy Ivanov.

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).

Ivanov vs Rothwell stats

Blagoy Ivanov stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Ben Rothwell made his way to the cage with a record of 36 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 27 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Blagoy Ivanov's UFC record stood at 3-5-0, while Ben Rothwell's came in at 9-8-0.

The stats suggested Rothwell had a massive power advantage over Ivanov, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a large advantage over Rothwell, boasting a 38% submission rate over Rothwell's 17%.

Blagoy Ivanov was the younger man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Rothwell had a height advantage of 5 inches over Ivanov. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Ivanov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 9 months later than Rothwell, whose first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 64 to Rothwell's 90.

Ivanov vs Rothwell form

Blagoy Ivanov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had lost to Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Tai Tuivasa at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

He had defeated Ben Rothwell at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

Activity check

Ivanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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