Blaydes vs Hunt

Who won Blaydes vs Hunt?

Curtis Blaydes beat Mark Hunt by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 221, on Saturday 10th February 2018 at Perth Arena in Perth.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Curtis Blaydes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Blaydes vs Hunt stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mark Hunt made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 10 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 Mark Hunt's came in at 8-8-1.

The stats suggested Blaydes had an advantage in power over Hunt, with a 88% knock out percentage over Hunt's 77%.

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

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 17 years, at 34 years old.

Blaydes had a height advantage of 6 inches over Hunt. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 9 years and 11 months later than Hunt, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 51 to Hunt's 64.

Blaydes vs Hunt form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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.

Mark Hunt had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Aleksei Oleinik at UFC Fight Night 136 on 15th September 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Olimpiyskiy Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Curtis Blaydes at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

Going into that contest, he had won against Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night 110 on 10th June 2017 by knockout in the 4th round at Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand.

Before that, he had lost to Alistair Overeem at UFC 209 on 4th March 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

His fight against Brock Lesnar at UFC 200 on 9th July 2016 ended in a no contest.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Curtis Blaydes had been fighting more than Mark Hunt.

Going to this contest, Curtis Blaydes had last fought 3 years, 8 months and 3 days ago, while Mark Hunt's last outing had been 6 years, 7 months and 22 days ago.

Blaydes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Hunt's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 9 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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