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.

Jan Blachowicz's UFC record stood at 12-7-1, 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 60 more professional rounds, 95 to Manuwa's 35.

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Manuwa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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