UFC UFC 183: Silva vs Diaz Final

Tyron Woodley vs Kelvin Gastelum

Tyron Woodley
United States

Tyron Woodley

“The Chosen One”

19-7-1

Winner

VS
Kelvin Gastelum
United States

Kelvin Gastelum

21-11

Winner

Tyron Woodley

Decision - Split · Round 3 — 5:00

31 January 2015 · MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Tyron Woodley beat Kelvin Gastelum by split decision after three rounds.
  • Tyron Woodley landed 34 of 112 total strikes, with 0:26 of control time.
  • Kelvin Gastelum landed more total strikes — 40 to 34 — and still lost the fight.
  • The judges scored it 29-28, 28-29, 30-27.
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Tale of the tape

Tyron WoodleyKelvin Gastelum
19-7-1Record21-11
32Age on fight night23
5′9″ (175 cm)Height5′9″ (175 cm)
74″ (188 cm)Reach71.5″ (182 cm)
170 lb (77.1 kg)Weight170 lb (77.1 kg)
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
American Top Team EvolutionTeamFight Ready
St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesFromSan Jose, California, United States

Fight statistics

34of 112 · 30%Total strikes landed40of 151 · 26%
14of 76Head strikes13of 109
17of 30Body strikes11of 23
3of 6Leg strikes16of 19
0:26Control time0:42

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Tyron WoodleyRoundKelvin Gastelum
6/25strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR16/30strikes0/0TD0KD0:00control
15/38strikes0/0TD0KD0:04controlR214/55strikes0/0TD0KD0:17control
13/49strikes0/0TD0KD0:22controlR320/66strikes0/0TD0KD0:25control

Judges’ scorecards

Adalaide Byrd

10R1910R299R310

29total28

Chris Lee

9R11010R299R310

28total29

Tony Weeks

10R1910R2910R39

30total27

Form going into the fight

Tyron Woodley

  1. WDong Hyun Kim2014
  2. WSalvador Woodssubmission R1 4:202009
  3. WZach Lightsubmission R2 3:382009
  4. WRudy Bearssubmission R1 2:522009
  5. WNathan Coysplit decision2010

Kelvin Gastelum

  1. WUriah Hall2013
  2. WBrian Melancon2013
  3. WRick Story2014
  4. WNicholas Musoke2014
  5. WJake Ellenberger2014

Also on this card

Anderson Silva vs Nick Diazoverturned R5 5:00Joe Lauzon vs Al IaquintaKO/TKO R2 3:34Tim Boetsch vs Thales Leitessubmission R2 3:45Thiago Alves vs Jordan MeinKO/TKO R2 0:39Miesha Tate vs Sara McMannmajority decision

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