Ankalaev vs Abreu

Who won Ankalaev vs Abreu?

Magomed Ankalaev beat Klidson Abreu by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC on ESPN+ 3, on Saturday 23rd February 2019 at O2 Arena in Prague.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Magomed Ankalaev.

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).

Ankalaev vs Abreu stats

Magomed Ankalaev stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Klidson Abreu made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

This was Magomed Ankalaev's 15th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Magomed Ankalaev's UFC record stood at 12-1-1, while Klidson Abreu's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Ankalaev had a massive power advantage over Abreu, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Abreu's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Abreu had a massive advantage over Ankalaev, boasting a 71% submission rate over Ankalaev's 0%.

Magomed Ankalaev was the older man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Ankalaev had a height advantage of 3 inches over Abreu. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Ankalaev was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 2 months later than Abreu, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 60 to Abreu's 44.

Ankalaev vs Abreu form

Ankalaev had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, his fight against Johnny Walker at UFC 294 on 21st October 2023 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Jan Blachowicz 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, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Anthony Smith at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Thiago Santos at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Volkan Oezdemir at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

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Ankalaev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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