Moldavsky vs Delija

Who won Moldavsky vs Delija?

Valentin Moldavsky beat Ante Delija by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of PFL 1, on Thursday 4th April 2024 at Boeing Center in San Antonio.

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).

Moldavsky vs Delija stats

Valentin Moldavsky stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Ante Delija made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Valentin Moldavsky's 2nd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024.

Valentin Moldavsky's PFL record stood at 1-1-0, while Ante Delija's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Delija had a massive power advantage over Moldavsky, boasting a 46% knock out percentage over Moldavsky's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Moldavsky and Delija would have been pretty equal, both with a 25% submission rate.

Valentin Moldavsky was the younger man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Delija had a height advantage of 4 inches over Moldavsky. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Moldavsky was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 4 years later than Delija, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 42 to Delija's 53.

Moldavsky vs Delija form

Delija had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Matheus Scheffel at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Renan Ferreira at PFL 2022 #8 on 13th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Shelton Graves at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Matheus Scheffel at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

He had lost to Bruno Henrique Cappelozza at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Moldavsky's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Delija's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Moldavsky vs Delija?

Valentin Moldavsky was a 16/25 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Ante Delija made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+120) with oddsmakers.