Machida vs Anders

Who won Machida vs Anders?

Lyoto Machida beat Eryk Anders by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC Fight Night 125, on Saturday 3rd February 2018 at Mangueirinho Gymnasium in Belem.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lyoto Machida.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Machida vs Anders stats

Lyoto Machida stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Eryk Anders made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Eryk Anders marked his 18th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Lyoto Machida's UFC record stood at 16-8-0, while Eryk Anders' came in at 9-8-0.

The stats suggested Anders had an advantage in power over Machida, with a 60% knock out percentage over Machida's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Anders had a slight advantage over Machida, with a 10% submission rate over Machida's 9%.

Lyoto Machida was the older man by 8 years, at 46 years old.

Anders had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Machida was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 12 years and 3 months earlier than Anders, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 37 more professional rounds, 99 to Anders' 62.

Machida vs Anders form

Anders had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Chris Weidman at UFC 310 on 7th December 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jamie Pickett at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev on 2nd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Marc Andr Barriault at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Kyle Daukaus at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

He had been beaten by Jun Yong Park at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Anders' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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