Kajic vs Laursen

Who won Kajic vs Laursen?

Mac Laursen beat Dejan Kajic by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of BFL 80, on Thursday 9th May 2024 at Harbour Event & Convention Centre in Vancouver.

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).

Kajic vs Laursen stats

Dejan Kajic stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mac Laursen made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Kajic had a massive power advantage over Laursen, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Laursen's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Laursen had a massive advantage over Kajic, boasting a 80% submission rate over Kajic's 20%.

Dejan Kajic was the older man by 39 years, at 39 years old.

Laursen had a height advantage of 2 inches over Kajic.

Kajic was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 10 years and 10 months earlier than Laursen, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 57 to Laursen's 16.

Kajic vs Laursen form

Kajic had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ash Mashreghi at BFL 81 on 6th September 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mac Laursen at BFL 80 on 9th May 2024 by submission in the 2nd round in their BFL Welterweight championship fight at Harbour Event & Convention Centre, Vancouver.

Going into that contest, he had beaten JC Llamas at BFL 74 on 12th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their BFL Welterweight championship fight at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver.

Before that, he had defeated Saeid Mirzaei at BFL 72 on 28th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their BFL Welterweight championship fight at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver.

He was victorious against Kyran Cameron at BFL 67 on 4th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their BFL Welterweight championship fight.

Activity check

Kajic's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kajic vs Laursen?

Dejan Kajic was a 4/7 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Mac Laursen made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+120) with oddsmakers.