Aliakbari vs Cerilli

Who won Aliakbari vs Cerilli?

Amir Aliakbari beat Mauro Cerilli by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship 161, on Friday 26th August 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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).

Aliakbari vs Cerilli stats

Amir Aliakbari stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mauro Cerilli made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Amir Aliakbari's One Championship record stood at 4-2-0, while Mauro Cerilli's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Aliakbari had an advantage in power over Cerilli, with a 70% knock out percentage over Cerilli's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cerilli had a large advantage over Aliakbari, boasting a 21% submission rate over Aliakbari's 0%.

Amir Aliakbari was the younger man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Aliakbari had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cerilli.

Aliakbari was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 6 months later than Cerilli, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 24 to Cerilli's 34.

Aliakbari vs Cerilli form

Mauro Cerilli had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Abdulbasir Vagabov at ONE Championship – Unbreakable 2 on 29th January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Arjan Bhullar at ONE Championship – Century – Part 2 on 13th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alain Ngalani at ONE Championship – Reign of Valor on 8th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar.

Before that, he had been beaten by Brandon Vera at ONE Championship – Conquest of Champions on 23rd November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Heavyweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

He had defeated Karl Moore at Cage Warriors 92 on 24th March 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at 02 Indigo, London, England.

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Aliakbari's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Cerilli's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 4 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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