Anders vs Pickett

Who won Anders vs Pickett?

Eryk Anders beat Jamie Pickett by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 2nd March 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Eryk Anders.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Anders vs Pickett stats

Eryk Anders stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Jamie Pickett made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Eryk Anders' 18th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Eryk Anders' UFC record stood at 9-8-0, while Jamie Pickett's came in at 2-7-0.

The stats suggested Pickett had a slight advantage in power over Anders, with a 69% knock out percentage over Anders' 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anders had a slight advantage over Pickett, with a 7% submission rate over Pickett's 0%.

Eryk Anders was the older man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Pickett had a height advantage of 1 inch over Anders. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Anders' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Pickett's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 10 months later than Pickett, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 62 to Pickett's 49.

Anders vs Pickett form

Anders had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marc Andr Barriault at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had won against Kyle Daukaus at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jun Yong Park at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by André Muniz at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Darren Stewart at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Jamie Pickett had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Josh Fremd at UFC Fight Night – Luque vs Dos Anjos on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Bo Nickal at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Denis Tiuliulin at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Kyle Daukaus at UFC Fight Night on 19th February 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Joseph Holmes at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jamie Pickett had been fighting more than Eryk Anders.

Going to this contest, Eryk Anders had last fought 1 year, 11 months and 28 days ago, while Jamie Pickett's last outing had been 1 year, 9 months and 26 days ago.

Anders' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Pickett's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Anders vs Pickett?

Eryk Anders was a 9/50 (-560) favourite going into the contest, while Jamie Pickett made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.