Blaydes vs Willis

Who won Blaydes vs Willis?

Curtis Blaydes beat Justin Willis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC on ESPN+ 6, on Saturday 23rd March 2019 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

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 Willis stats

Curtis Blaydes stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Justin Willis made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 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 Justin Willis' came in at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Blaydes had a large advantage in power over Willis, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Willis' 50%.

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

Curtis Blaydes was the younger man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Blaydes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Willis. Despite this, Willis had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Blaydes was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 11 months later than Willis, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 51 to Willis' 21.

Blaydes vs Willis form

Blaydes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jailton Almeida at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Chris Daukaus at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

He was victorious against Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC 266 on 4th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Blaydes' 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 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Willis' last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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