Sakai vs Ivanov

Who won Sakai vs Ivanov?

Augusto Sakai beat Blagoy Ivanov by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of UFC Vegas 1, on Saturday 30th May 2020 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Augusto Sakai.

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).

Sakai vs Ivanov stats

Augusto Sakai stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Blagoy Ivanov made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Augusto Sakai's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Augusto Sakai's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Blagoy Ivanov's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Sakai had a massive power advantage over Ivanov, boasting a 79% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a massive advantage over Sakai, boasting a 33% submission rate over Sakai's 0%.

Augusto Sakai was the younger man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Sakai had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ivanov. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Sakai was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years later than Ivanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 57 to Ivanov's 64.

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Ivanov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

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