Delija vs Scheffel

Who won Delija vs Scheffel?

Ante Delija beat Matheus Scheffel by knockout in the 1st round 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 fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Delija vs Scheffel stats

Ante Delija stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Matheus Scheffel made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Ante Delija's PFL record stood at 8-3-0, while Matheus Scheffel's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Scheffel had a large advantage in power over Delija, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Delija's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Delija had a large advantage over Scheffel, boasting a 27% submission rate over Scheffel's 0%.

Ante Delija was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Delija had a height advantage of 3 inches over Scheffel. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Delija was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year earlier than Scheffel, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 53 to Scheffel's 46.

Delija vs Scheffel form

Delija had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Denis Goltsov at PFL 2021 #8 on 19th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chandler Cole at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had been beaten by Bruno Henrique Cappelozza at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had defeated Ricardo Prasel at RIZIN 10 on 6th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan.

Activity check

Delija's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Delija vs Scheffel?

Ante Delija was a 27/100 (-370) favourite going into the contest, while Matheus Scheffel made his way into the ring at 27/10 (+270) with oddsmakers.