Błachowicz vs Manuwa

Who won Błachowicz vs Manuwa?

Jan Blachowicz beat Jimi Manuwa by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 127, on Saturday 17th March 2018 at 02 Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jan Blachowicz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Błachowicz vs Manuwa stats

Jan Blachowicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Jimi Manuwa made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Jan Blachowicz's 21st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014.

Jan Blachowicz's UFC record stood at 12-8-1, while Jimi Manuwa's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Manuwa had a massive power advantage over Blachowicz, boasting a 88% knock out percentage over Blachowicz's 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Blachowicz had a massive advantage over Manuwa, boasting a 38% submission rate over Manuwa's 6%.

Jan Blachowicz was the younger man by 3 years, at 42 years old.

Blachowicz had a height advantage of 1 inch over Manuwa. Despite this, Manuwa had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Blachowicz was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year and 5 months earlier than Manuwa, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 98 to Manuwa's 35.

Błachowicz vs Manuwa form

Jan Blachowicz had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Carlos Ulberg at UFC London: Edwards vs. Brady on 22nd March 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alex Pereira at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had drawn with Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by split draw in their 5 round contest in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Aleksandar Rakic at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Glover Teixeira at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight.

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Blachowicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Manuwa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 1 month and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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