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Light Heavyweight
3 Rounds
Alexander Gustafsson won · U-DEC R3
Elo1430
Alexander Gustafsson
Elo1493
Jan Blachowicz editorial illustration

Alexander GustafssonvsJan BlachowiczUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett · Saturday, September 3, 2016Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Official fight result

Alexander Gustafsson won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupAlexander Gustafsson: Pressure fightervsJan Blachowicz: Well-rounded

The well-rounded fighter has answers in multiple phases. The pressure fighter needs damage early.

Model Prediction: Jan Blachowicz wins(68.5%)

Actual result: Alexander Gustafsson wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

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Jan Blachowicz at +500 American odds

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Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Alexander Gustafsson enters on a 4-fight losing streak.

Tale of the Tape

Alexander Gustafsson
Red Corner
VS
Jan Blachowicz
Blue Corner
-700
(88%)
Vegas Odds
+500
(17%)
1430
Elo
1493
39
Age
43
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6'5"
Height
6'2"
200.66 cm
Reach
198.12 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Alexander GustafssonL4 streak
oldest →
W
KOvs Glover Teixeira · May 17
L
KOvs Jon Jones · Dec 18
L
SUBvs Anthony Smith · Jun 19
L
SUBvs Fabricio Werdum · Jul 20
L
KOvs Nikita Krylov · Jul 22
latest
Jan Blachowicz
oldest →
L
SUBvs Glover Teixeira · Oct 21
W
KOvs Aleksandar Rakic · May 22
L
vs Alex Pereira · Jul 23
L
vs Carlos Ulberg · Mar 25
D
vs Bogdan Guskov · Dec 25
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Alexander GustafssonMetricJan Blachowicz
4.03
Strikes / min
3.55
3.53
Strikes absorbed / min
3.14
51%
Strike defense
52%
1.53
TDs / 15 min
0.98
83%
Takedown defense
69%
0.40
Sub atts / 15 min
0.40
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.50evenly matched on net striking+0.41

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1545 vs 1502Strikes41.2 vs 43.8Takedowns1.1 vs 1.3Sub Atts0.42 vs 0.25Form-0.7 vs 0.1
Alexander GustafssonJan Blachowicz

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Alexander Gustafsson(10 fights)Jan Blachowicz(10 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red -63.0|Blue +63.0
Recent Form
Red -0.8|Blue +0.8
Striker Score
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Grappler Score
Red +0.2|Blue -0.2
Layoff
Red +190.0|Blue -190.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Alexander GustafssonTargetJan Blachowicz

By target zone

43
47% acc · 86%
Head
18
25% acc · 64%
3
100% acc · 6%
Body
8
53% acc · 29%
4
80% acc · 8%
Leg
2
100% acc · 7%

By position

15
26% acc · 30%
Distance
24
30% acc · 86%
2
100% acc · 4%
Clinch
3
50% acc · 11%
33
80% acc · 66%
Ground
1
33% acc · 4%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

3
Alexander Gustafsson rounds
0
even
0
Jan Blachowicz rounds
Round 1Alexander Gustafsson edged it
Sig. strikes19
Takedowns1
Control2:22
19Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Round 2Alexander Gustafsson edged it
Sig. strikes14
Takedowns1
Control4:41
2Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Round 3Alexander Gustafsson edged it
Sig. strikes17
Takedowns2
Control3:40
7Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
50 / 100
Sig Strikes
28 / 90
52.3%
Sig Str %
26.3%
139 / 201
Total Strikes
55 / 125
4 / 5
TDs
0 / 1
83.3%
TD %
0%
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
10:43
Ctrl Time
0:00

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Jan Blachowicz19 / 5326 / 610 / 00
1Alexander Gustafsson19 / 4830 / 591 / 20
2Jan Blachowicz2 / 1212 / 290 / 00
2Alexander Gustafsson14 / 2551 / 681 / 10
3Jan Blachowicz7 / 2517 / 350 / 10
3Alexander Gustafsson17 / 2758 / 742 / 20

Alexander Gustafsson

StanceOrthodox
Height77.0"
Reach79.0"
Fights17

Jan Blachowicz

StanceOrthodox
Height74.0"
Reach78.0"
Fights21