Kim vs Xie

Who won Kim vs Xie?

Wei Xie beat Dae Hwan Kim by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of ONE Championship – Battleground 3, on Friday 27th August 2021 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Kim vs Xie stats

Dae Hwan Kim stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Wei Xie made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

Wei Xie marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Dae Hwan Kim's One Championship record stood at 6-8-0, while Wei Xie's came in at 8-4-0.

The stats suggested Xie had a massive power advantage over Kim, boasting a 88% knock out percentage over Kim's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kim had a massive advantage over Xie, boasting a 40% submission rate over Xie's 0%.

Dae Hwan Kim was the older man by 10 years, at 37 years old.

Kim was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 8 years and 4 months earlier than Xie, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 47 to Xie's 57.

Kim vs Xie form

Wei Xie had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Danny Kingad at ONE Championship – Fire & Fury on 31st January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Previous to that, he had won against Rockie Bactol at ONE Warrior Series 9 on 4th December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jinbo Zou at ONE Hero Series September on 23rd September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Beijing, China.

Before that, he had defeated Deligerihu Liu at ONE Hero Series June on 14th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Shanghai.

He was victorious against Fuchong Yang at ONE Hero Series April on 22nd April 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Beijing.

Activity check

Kim's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Xie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kim vs Xie?

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