Anders vs Perez

Who won Anders vs Perez?

Eryk Anders beat Markus Perez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night 123, on Saturday 9th December 2017 at SaveMart Center in Fresno.

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 Perez stats

Eryk Anders stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Markus Perez made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

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 Markus Perez's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Anders had a massive power advantage over Perez, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Perez's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Perez had a large advantage over Anders, boasting a 40% submission rate over Anders' 11%.

Eryk Anders was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Anders had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Anders was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 4 months later than Perez, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 62 to Perez's 37.

Anders vs Perez form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Gerald Meerschaert at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Khalil Rountree at UFC 236 on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at State Farm Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night 137 on 22nd September 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he had beaten Tim Williams at UFC Fight Night 135 on 25th August 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, United States.

He had been defeated by Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

Activity check

Anders' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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