Who won Reyes vs Weidman?
Dominick Reyes beat Chris Weidman by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC on ESPN 6, on Friday 18th October 2019 at TD Garden in Boston.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).
Reyes vs Weidman stats
Dominick Reyes stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.
Chris Weidman made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.
This was Dominick Reyes' 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Chris Weidman marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.
Dominick Reyes' UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Chris Weidman's came in at 12-8-0.
The stats suggested Weidman had a massive power advantage over Reyes, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Reyes' 0%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Weidman had a large advantage over Reyes, boasting a 29% submission rate over Reyes' 0%.
Dominick Reyes was the younger man by 5 years, at 35 years old.
Reyes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Weidman. Despite this, Weidman had a 1-inch reach advantage.
Reyes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 9 months later than Weidman, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 32 to Weidman's 54.
Reyes vs Weidman form
Dominick Reyes had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Dustin Jacoby at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov on 8th June 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, United States.
Previous to that, he had lost to Ryan Spann at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jiri Prochazka at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round.
Before that, he had been defeated by Jan Blachowicz at UFC 253 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
He had lost to Jon Jones at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.
Chris Weidman had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Uriah Hall at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.
Previous to that, he had beaten Omari Akhmedov at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Dominick Reyes at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at TD Garden, Boston.
Before that, he had lost to Ronaldo Souza at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
He had been beaten by Gegard Mousasi at UFC 210 on 8th April 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at KeyBank Center, Buffalo.
Activity check
In of activity leading into the fight, Dominick Reyes had been fighting more than Chris Weidman.
Going to this contest, Dominick Reyes had last fought 1 year ago, while Chris Weidman's last outing had been 4 years, 1 month and 15 days ago.
Reyes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 4 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
Weidman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 2 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
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