Khizriev vs Johns

Who won Khizriev vs Johns?

Timur Khizriev beat Brett Johns by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 3, on Friday 19th April 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Timur Khizriev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Khizriev vs Johns stats

Timur Khizriev stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Brett Johns made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Timur Khizriev will be making their debut in the PFL.

Brett Johns' PFL record stood at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Khizriev had a slight advantage in power over Johns, with a 21% knock out percentage over Johns' 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johns had a large advantage over Khizriev, boasting a 30% submission rate over Khizriev's 7%.

Timur Khizriev was the younger man by 4 years, at 28 years old.

Khizriev had a height advantage of 2 inches over Johns.

Khizriev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 2 months later than Johns, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 35 to Johns' 63.

Khizriev vs Johns form

Johns had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against David Tonatiuh Crol at PFL Europe 4: 2023 Championships on 8th December 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had beaten Jordan Winski at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Khurshed Kakhorov at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had lost to Danny Sabatello at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had been beaten by Aljamain Sterling at UFC Fight Night 128 on 21st April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Khizriev's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Johns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 17 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 Khizriev vs Johns?

Timur Khizriev was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Brett Johns made his way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.