Blaydes vs Daukaus

Who won Blaydes vs Daukaus?

Curtis Blaydes beat Chris Daukaus by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night Columbus, on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Blaydes vs Daukaus stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Chris Daukaus made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Curtis Blaydes' 19th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Curtis Blaydes' UFC record stood at 13-5-0, while Chris Daukaus' came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Daukaus had a large advantage in power over Blaydes, boasting a 92% knock out percentage over Blaydes' 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Blaydes and Daukaus would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Blaydes had a height advantage of 1 inch over Daukaus. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 months later than Daukaus, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 51 to Daukaus' 27.

Blaydes vs Daukaus form

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC Vegas 19 on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alexander Volkov at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Junior dos Santos at UFC on ESPN+ 24 on 25th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at PNC Arena, Raleigh.

He was victorious against Shamil Abdurakhimov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Daukaus' last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

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