Magomedkerimov vs Millender

Who won Magomedkerimov vs Millender?

Magomed Magomedkerimov beat Curtis Millender by submission in the 1st round, during the prelims of PFL 2021 #5, on Thursday 17th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

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).

Magomedkerimov vs Millender stats

Magomed Magomedkerimov stepped into the ring with a record of 26 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Curtis Millender made his way to the ring with a record of 18 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Magomedkerimov had a slight advantage in power over Millender, with a 38% knock out percentage over Millender's 33%.

Magomed Magomedkerimov was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Millender had a height advantage of 1 inch over Magomedkerimov. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Magomedkerimov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 6 months earlier than Millender, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 64 more professional rounds, 64 to Millender's 0.

Magomedkerimov vs Millender form

Magomedkerimov had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had won against John Howard at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Before that, he had beat Ray Cooper at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had defeated Bojan Velickovic at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

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Magomedkerimov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Millender's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.