McGrillen-Evans vs Kulucan

Who won McGrillen-Evans vs Kulucan?

Lewis McGrillen-Evans beat Salih Kulucan by during the prelims of PFL Europe, on Saturday 25th March 2023 at Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lewis McGrillen-Evans.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

McGrillen-Evans vs Kulucan stats

Lewis McGrillen-Evans stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 4 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Salih Kulucan made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Lewis McGrillen-Evans' PFL record stood at 2-1-0, while Salih Kulucan's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested McGrillen-Evans had a massive power advantage over Kulucan, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Kulucan's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kulucan had a massive advantage over McGrillen-Evans, boasting a 50% submission rate over McGrillen-Evans' 0%.

Lewis McGrillen-Evans was the younger man by 8 years, at 23 years old.

McGrillen-Evans was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 11 years later than Kulucan, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 12 to Kulucan's 23.

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McGrillen-Evans' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on McGrillen-Evans vs Kulucan?

Lewis McGrillen-Evans was a 1/16 (-1700) favourite going into the contest, while Salih Kulucan made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.