Gaethje vs Vick

Who won Gaethje vs Vick?

Justin Gaethje beat James Vick by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC Fight Night 135, on Saturday 25th August 2018 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Gaethje vs Vick stats

Justin Gaethje stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

James Vick made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Justin Gaethje's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Justin Gaethje's UFC record stood at 9-5-0, while James Vick's came in at 9-5-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Vick, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Vick's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vick had a massive advantage over Gaethje, boasting a 38% submission rate over Gaethje's 6%.

Justin Gaethje was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Vick had a height advantage of 4 inches over Gaethje. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Gaethje was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 months later than Vick, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 69 to Vick's 35.

Gaethje vs Vick form

Gaethje had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had won against Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

He had defeated Donald Cerrone at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Activity check

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Vick's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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