Leal vs Sy

Who won Leal vs Sy?

Sadibou Sy beat Carlos Leal by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2022 #8, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Sadibou Sy.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Leal vs Sy stats

Carlos Leal stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Sadibou Sy made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 6 loses and 2 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Sy had an advantage in power over Leal, with a 55% knock out percentage over Leal's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Leal had an advantage over Sy, with a 12% submission rate over Sy's 0%.

Carlos Leal was the younger man by 7 years, at 30 years old.

Sy had a height advantage of 4 inches over Leal.

Leal was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in , 10 years and 1 month earlier than Sy, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 50 to Sy's 62.

Leal vs Sy form

Leal had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Ray Cooper at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Chris Brown at PFL Challenger Series 8 on 8th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Universal Studios, Orlando.

Going into that contest, he had beat Korey Kuppe at PFL Challenger Series 2 on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Orlando.

Before that, he had won against Uyran Carlos at LFA 112 on 18th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Upper Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He had beat Diego Dias at LFA 112 on 17th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Upper Arena, Rio de Janeiro.

Sadibou Sy had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Rory MacDonald at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, he had won against Alexey Kunchenko at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had won against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Carlos Leal had been fighting more than Sadibou Sy.

Going to this contest, Carlos Leal had last fought 1 year, 7 months and 3 days ago, while Sadibou Sy's last outing had been 1 year, 5 months and 8 days ago.

Leal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Sy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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