Akhmetov vs McLaren

Who won Akhmetov vs McLaren?

Kairat Akhmetov beat Reece McLaren by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of ONE on Prime Video 10, on Friday 5th May 2023 at 1stBank Center in Broomfield.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Kairat Akhmetov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Akhmetov vs McLaren stats

Kairat Akhmetov stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Reece McLaren made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Kairat Akhmetov's One Championship record stood at 8-2-0, while Reece McLaren's came in at 9-6-0.

The stats suggested McLaren had a slight advantage in power over Akhmetov, with a 25% knock out percentage over Akhmetov's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McLaren had an advantage over Akhmetov, with a 56% submission rate over Akhmetov's 38%.

Kairat Akhmetov was the older man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

McLaren had a height advantage of 1 inch over Akhmetov.

Akhmetov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 months earlier than McLaren, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 62 to McLaren's 58.

Akhmetov vs McLaren form

Kairat Akhmetov had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Tatsumitsu Wada at ONE Championship – Pacio vs. Brooks on 3rd June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Danny Kingad at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors 2 on 17th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dae Hwan Kim at ONE Championship – Collision Course 2 on 25th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he was victorious against Hao Bin Ma at ONE Championship – Conquest of Heroes on 22nd September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jakarta Convention Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.

He had lost to Geje Eustaquio at ONE Championship – Global Superheroes on 26th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

McLaren had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Windson Ramos at ONE Championship 162 on 21st October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Wei Xie at ONE Championship – Pacio vs. Brooks on 3rd June 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Yuya Wakamatsu at ONE on TNT 3 on 21st April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had defeated Aleksi Toivonen at ONE Championship – Reign of Dynasties on 9th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He was victorious against Gary Mangat at ONE Championship – Mark of Greatness on 6th December 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Reece McLaren had been fighting more than Kairat Akhmetov.

Going to this contest, Kairat Akhmetov had last fought 1 year, 10 months and 24 days ago, while Reece McLaren's last outing had been 1 year, 6 months and 6 days ago.

Akhmetov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

McLaren's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Akhmetov vs McLaren?

Kairat Akhmetov was a 2/7 (-290) favourite going into the contest, while Reece McLaren made his way into the ring at 12/5 (+220) with oddsmakers.