Taylor vs Sy

Who won Taylor vs Sy?

Sadibou Sy beat Dilano Taylor by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship, on Friday 25th November 2022 at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sadibou Sy.

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).

Taylor vs Sy stats

Dilano Taylor stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Sadibou Sy made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Sadibou Sy marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Dilano Taylor's PFL record stood at 3-4-0, while Sadibou Sy's came in at 10-6-2.

The stats suggested Sy had an advantage in power over Taylor, with a 50% knock out percentage over Taylor's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Taylor had an advantage over Sy, with a 20% submission rate over Sy's 0%.

Dilano Taylor was the younger man by 10 years, at 27 years old.

Sy had a height advantage of 3 inches over Taylor.

Taylor was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 10 years and 6 months earlier than Sy, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 27 less professional rounds, 36 to Sy's 63.

Taylor vs Sy form

Sy had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alexey Kunchenko at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten David Michaud at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Before that, he had lost to Abusupiyan Magomedov at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

He had drawn with Bruno Santos at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by majority draw in their 2 round contest at Entertainment and Sports Arena.

Activity check

Taylor's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Sy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Taylor vs Sy?

Dilano Taylor was a 29/20 (+190) underdog going into the contest, while Sadibou Sy made his way into the ring at 13/25 (-220) with oddsmakers.