Romanov vs Vanderaa

Who won Romanov vs Vanderaa?

Alexander Romanov beat Jared Vanderaa by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Vegas 39, on Saturday 9th October 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Romanov vs Vanderaa stats

Alexander Romanov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 13 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Jared Vanderaa made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Alexander Romanov's 10th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Alexander Romanov's UFC record stood at 7-3-0, while Jared Vanderaa's came in at 1-6-0.

The stats suggested Vanderaa had a large advantage in power over Romanov, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Romanov's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Romanov had a massive advantage over Vanderaa, boasting a 62% submission rate over Vanderaa's 27%.

Alexander Romanov was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Vanderaa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Romanov. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Romanov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 5 months later than Vanderaa, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 36 to Vanderaa's 52.

Romanov vs Vanderaa form

Romanov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Blagoy Ivanov at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili on 11th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Marcin Tybura at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had beaten Chase Sherman at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Jared Vanderaa at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Romanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Vanderaa's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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