Kajic vs Laursen

Who won Kajic vs Laursen?

Mac Laursen beat Dejan Kajic by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of BFL 80, on Thursday 9th May 2024 at Harbour Event & Convention Centre in Vancouver.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Kajic vs Laursen stats

Dejan Kajic stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mac Laursen made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Kajic had a massive power advantage over Laursen, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Laursen's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Laursen had a massive advantage over Kajic, boasting a 80% submission rate over Kajic's 20%.

Dejan Kajic was the older man by 39 years, at 39 years old.

Laursen had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kajic.

Kajic was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 10 years and 10 months earlier than Laursen, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 51 to Laursen's 11.

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Kajic's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kajic vs Laursen?

Dejan Kajic was a 4/7 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Mac Laursen made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+120) with oddsmakers.