Bilostenniy vs Ivanov

Who won Bilostenniy vs Ivanov?

Sergey Bilostenniy beat Blagoy Ivanov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 1, on Thursday 4th April 2024 at Boeing Center in San Antonio.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sergey Bilostenniy.

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).

Bilostenniy vs Ivanov stats

Sergey Bilostenniy stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Blagoy Ivanov made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Sergey Bilostenniy's PFL record stood at 1-0-0, while Blagoy Ivanov's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Bilostenniy had a massive power advantage over Ivanov, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a massive advantage over Bilostenniy, boasting a 32% submission rate over Bilostenniy's 0%.

Sergey Bilostenniy was the younger man by 9 years, at 28 years old.

Bilostenniy had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ivanov.

Bilostenniy was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 7 years and 7 months later than Ivanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 40 less professional rounds, 24 to Ivanov's 64.

Bilostenniy vs Ivanov form

Blagoy Ivanov had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Alexander Romanov at UFC Fight Night – Strickland vs. Magomedov on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night on 4th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had been defeated by Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had lost to Derrick Lewis at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Bilostenniy's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Ivanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bilostenniy vs Ivanov?

Sergey Bilostenniy was a 13/25 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Blagoy Ivanov made his way into the ring at 11/8 (+140) with oddsmakers.