Magomedkerimov vs Velickovic

Who won Magomedkerimov vs Velickovic?

Magomed Magomedkerimov beat Bojan Velickovic by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL 2018 #6, on Thursday 16th August 2018 at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Magomed Magomedkerimov.

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 Velickovic stats

Magomed Magomedkerimov stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Bojan Velickovic made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Magomed Magomedkerimov's PFL record stood at 16-1-0, while Bojan Velickovic's came in at 1-4-1.

The stats suggested Magomedkerimov had an advantage in power over Velickovic, with a 47% knock out percentage over Velickovic's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Velickovic had an advantage over Magomedkerimov, with a 50% submission rate over Magomedkerimov's 32%.

Magomed Magomedkerimov was the younger man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Magomedkerimov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Velickovic. Despite this, Velickovic had 3-inch reach advantage.

Magomedkerimov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years earlier than Velickovic, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 77 to Velickovic's 70.

Magomedkerimov vs Velickovic form

Magomed Magomedkerimov had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Curtis Millender at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

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

Before that, he was victorious against John Howard at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

He had won against Ray Cooper at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Magomedkerimov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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