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The Clinch

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

06 MAR 2021 / Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Bout 8 of 15 / Flyweight / 3 rounds scheduled

Askar Askarov vs Joseph Benavidez

No photograph on file Askar Askarov “Bullet”

2-0-1 entering this bout

Age 28 · 5′6″167.6 cm

Won

Joseph Benavidez, photograph by X2o Joseph Benavidez

21-7-0 entering this bout

Age 36 · 5′4″162.6 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
21/26
R1
18/54
17/24
R2
11/19
20/38
R3
17/41

Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 · 5:00 Referee Jason Herzog

The cards

Judge Askar Askarov Joseph Benavidez
Derek Cleary 30 27
Tony Weeks 30 27
Sal D'amato 30 26

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Askar Askarov Enters 0-0-1 against HYBRID
Joseph Benavidez Enters 13-4-0 against GRAPPLING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Askar Askarov    Joseph Benavidez

Bout totals

58
Sig. strikes
46
71
Total strikes
61
39
To the head
13
14
To the body
21
5
To the legs
12
50
At distance
41
4
In the clinch
4
4
On the ground
1
5
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
5:00
Control time
0:00

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Askar Askarov 21/26 22/27 13/17 7/8 1/1 20/25 1/1 0/0 1/2 0 0:54
Joseph Benavidez 18/54 20/56 5/23 8/23 5/8 16/51 2/3 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R2 Askar Askarov 17/24 29/42 12/19 2/2 3/3 10/15 3/3 4/6 4/4 0 4:06
Joseph Benavidez 11/19 23/32 5/13 4/4 2/2 8/16 2/2 1/1 0/0 0 0:00
R3 Askar Askarov 20/38 20/38 14/29 5/8 1/1 20/37 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Joseph Benavidez 17/41 18/42 3/21 9/14 5/6 17/41 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight No UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight No UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Jason Herzog UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Jason Herzog UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Derek Cleary 27 - 30. Tony Weeks 27 - 30. Sal D'amato 26 - 30. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Derek Cleary 27 - 30. Tony Weeks 27 - 30. Sal D'amato 26 - 30. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 3 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 3 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 3 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 3 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Flyweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Flyweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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