Magomedov vs Tavares

Who won Magomedov vs Tavares?

Rashid Magomedov beat Thiago Tavares by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 2018 #9, on Saturday 13th October 2018 at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Magomedov vs Tavares stats

Rashid Magomedov stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Thiago Tavares made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

Rashid Magomedov's PFL record stood at 3-3-1, while Thiago Tavares' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Magomedov had a large advantage in power over Tavares, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Tavares' 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Tavares had a massive advantage over Magomedov, boasting a 64% submission rate over Magomedov's 5%.

Rashid Magomedov was the older man by 1 year, at 40 years old.

Magomedov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Tavares. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Magomedov was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 4 years and 7 months later than Tavares, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 79 to Tavares' 66.

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Magomedov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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