Nastyukhin vs Alvarez

Who won Nastyukhin vs Alvarez?

Timofey Nastyukhin beat Eddie Alvarez by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Championship – A New Era, on Sunday 31st March 2019 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Nastyukhin vs Alvarez stats

Timofey Nastyukhin stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Eddie Alvarez made his way to the cage with a record of 29 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Timofey Nastyukhin's One Championship record stood at 7-7-0, while Eddie Alvarez's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Alvarez had a slight advantage in power over Nastyukhin, with a 59% knock out percentage over Nastyukhin's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nastyukhin had an advantage over Alvarez, with a 33% submission rate over Alvarez's 21%.

Timofey Nastyukhin was the younger man by 6 years, at 35 years old.

Alvarez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Nastyukhin.

Nastyukhin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 4 months later than Alvarez, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 46 less professional rounds, 31 to Alvarez's 77.

Nastyukhin vs Alvarez form

Alvarez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Rae Yoon Ok at ONE on TNT 4 on 28th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Eduard Folayang at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Timofey Nastyukhin at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had been defeated by Dustin Poirier at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada.

He had beaten Justin Gaethje at UFC 218 on 2nd December 2017 by knockout in the 3rd round at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, United States.

Activity check

Nastyukhin's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Alvarez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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