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 1 year, at 37 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

Jamie Pickett had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Denis Tiuliulin at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had won against Joseph Holmes at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Laureano Staropoli at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Jordan Wright at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

Pickett's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 10 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.