Kowalkiewicz vs Esquibel

Who won Kowalkiewicz vs Esquibel?

Karolina Kowalkiewicz beat Jodie Esquibel by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 118, on Saturday 21st October 2017 at Ergo Arena in Gdansk.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Karolina Kowalkiewicz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Kowalkiewicz vs Esquibel stats

Karolina Kowalkiewicz stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jodie Esquibel made her way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

This was Karolina Kowalkiewicz's 18th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz's UFC record stood at 9-9-0, while Jodie Esquibel's came in at 0-4-0.

The stats suggested Esquibel had a slight advantage in power over Kowalkiewicz, with a 17% knock out percentage over Kowalkiewicz's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kowalkiewicz had an advantage over Esquibel, with a 20% submission rate over Esquibel's 0%.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz was the older woman by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Kowalkiewicz had a height advantage of 2 inches over Esquibel. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Kowalkiewicz was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made her debut in 2012, 1 year and 1 month later than Esquibel, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 31 more professional rounds, 63 to Esquibel's 32.

Kowalkiewicz vs Esquibel form

Karolina Kowalkiewicz had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had lost to Iasmin Lucindo at UFC 301 on 4th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, she had won against Diana Belbita at UFC Fight Night – Green vs Dawson on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, she had beaten Vanessa Demopoulos at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, she had defeated Silvana Gomez Juarez at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

She was victorious against Felice Herrig at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik on 4th June 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Kowalkiewicz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 6 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 6 months and 9 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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