Alex Pereira vs Jan Blachowicz — UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 Result, Stats & Scorecards

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UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2
Alex Pereira vs Jan Blachowicz

Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Card

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UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2

Saturday, July 29, 2023 · Salt Lake City · Utah

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Result

Alex Pereira def. Jan Blachowicz

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Marc GoddardDerek Cleary · 28-29Junichiro Kamijo · 29-28Ron McCarthy · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Alex PereiraRound 3Jan Blachowicz

35 / 42Sig. strikes26 / 46

83%Accuracy57%

46 / 54Total strikes33 / 57

0Knockdowns0

0 / 0Takedowns1 / 3

0Sub. attempts0

0:00Control0:45

7.0Pace / min5.2

0%Control share100%

Alex Pereira

Targethead 34% · body 37% · leg 29%

Phasedistance 94% · clinch 6% · ground 0%

Jan Blachowicz

Targethead 77% · body 8% · leg 15%

Phasedistance 92% · clinch 4% · ground 4%

Statistical signals

Output edgeAlex Pereira landed 35 significant strikes to 26.Striking edgeAlex Pereira struck at 83% accuracy to 57%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Accuracy shiftAlex Pereira's significant-strike accuracy moved +13 pts, 83% against 70%.
Defensive driftAlex Pereira absorbed significant strikes +30% faster than in R2, 5.2 against 4.0 per minute.
Pace upJan Blachowicz's significant-strike pace moved +30% from R2 to R3, 5.2 against 4.0 per minute.
Accuracy shiftJan Blachowicz's significant-strike accuracy moved -12 pts, 57% against 69%.
Control swingJan Blachowicz's control time moved -72s, 45s against 117s.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Alex Pereira

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Jan Blachowicz

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

70Alex Pereira sig. strikes

52Jan Blachowicz sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+1550%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Alex Pereira)