Goltsov vs Sayles

Who won Goltsov vs Sayles?

Denis Goltsov beat Brandon Sayles by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of PFL 2021 #6, on Friday 25th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Goltsov vs Sayles stats

Denis Goltsov stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Brandon Sayles made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Brandon Sayles will be making their debut in the PFL.

Denis Goltsov's PFL record stood at 10-3-0.

The stats suggested Sayles had an advantage in power over Goltsov, with a 60% knock out percentage over Goltsov's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Goltsov and Sayles would have been pretty equal, both with a 40% submission rate.

Denis Goltsov was the younger man by 10 years, at 33 years old.

Sayles had 2-inch reach advantage.

Goltsov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 25 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 7 months later than Sayles, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 74 to Sayles' 11.

Goltsov vs Sayles form

Goltsov had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Cezar Ferreira at PFL 3 on 14th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Maurice Greene at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Cody Goodale at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had lost to Ante Delija at PFL 2021 #8 on 19th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

He was victorious against Brandon Sayles at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

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Goltsov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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