Feb 04 2023
Saturday

UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States

Main Card
3 rounds contest @ Heavyweight
23-7-0
UD 3

Score cards

  • 30-27
  • 29-28
  • 29-28
UD 3
19-4-0

The tape

39
Age
38
6' 3" / 191 cm
Height
5' 11" / 181 cm
78" / 198 cm
Reach
72.8" / 185 cm

Tape record

MDUDKOKOUD
Form
UDSDSDUDUD
23
Wins
19
9
By KO
6
39
KO%
32
6
By SUB
6
26
SUB%
32
7
Loses
4
4
Stopped
0
0
Tapped
1
0
Draws
0
2011
Debut
2007
30
Bouts
24
66
Rounds
55
4 hours, 51 minutes
Fight Time
4 hours, 4 minutes

Tape rankings @ Heavyweight

10
UFC
14
-
Bellator
-
10
Tapology
-

Marcin Tybura vs Blagoy Ivanov report

Who won Tybura vs Ivanov?

Marcin Tybura beat Blagoy Ivanov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 4th February 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Marcin Tybura.

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).

Tybura vs Ivanov stats

Marcin Tybura stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Blagoy Ivanov made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Marcin Tybura's 21st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Marcin Tybura's UFC record stood at 13-8-0, while Blagoy Ivanov's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Tybura had a slight advantage in power over Ivanov, with a 39% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a slight advantage over Tybura, with a 32% submission rate over Tybura's 26%.

Marcin Tybura was the older man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Tybura had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ivanov. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Tybura was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years later than Ivanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 74 to Ivanov's 64.

Tybura vs Ivanov form

Tybura had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alexander Romanov at UFC 278 on 20th August 2022 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Volkov at UFC 267 on 30th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Walt Harris at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in the United States.

Before that, he had defeated Greg Hardy at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Ben Rothwell at UFC Fight Island 5 on 10th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Tybura's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Ivanov's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tybura vs Ivanov?

Marcin Tybura was a 7/10 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Blagoy Ivanov made his way into the ring at 23/20 (+120) with oddsmakers.

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