Budka vs Hanekom

Who won Budka vs Hanekom?

Dylan Budka beat Chad Hanekom by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Contender Series 2023, on Tuesday 5th September 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dylan Budka.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Budka vs Hanekom stats

Dylan Budka stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Chad Hanekom made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for Dana White’s Contender Series.

The stats suggested Hanekom had an advantage in power over Budka, with a 33% knock out percentage over Budka's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hanekom had an advantage over Budka, with a 44% submission rate over Budka's 33%.

Dylan Budka was the younger man by 10 years, at 25 years old.

Hanekom had a height advantage of 5 inches over Budka. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Budka was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 9 years and 5 months earlier than Hanekom, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 30 to Hanekom's 23.

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Budka's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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