MacDonald vs Sy

Who won MacDonald vs Sy?

Sadibou Sy beat Rory MacDonald by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL 2022 #6, on Friday 1st July 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the 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).

MacDonald vs Sy stats

Rory MacDonald stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Sadibou Sy made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Sadibou Sy marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Rory MacDonald's PFL record stood at 2-4-0, while Sadibou Sy's came in at 11-6-2.

The stats suggested Sy had a large advantage in power over MacDonald, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over MacDonald's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested MacDonald had a massive advantage over Sy, boasting a 39% submission rate over Sy's 0%.

Rory MacDonald was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Sy had a height advantage of 3 inches over MacDonald. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

MacDonald was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 8 years earlier than Sy, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 88 to Sy's 66.

MacDonald vs Sy form

Sy had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to 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.

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

Before that, his fight against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 ended in a no contest.

He had defeated David Michaud at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

MacDonald's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Sy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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