Musayev vs Cruickshank

Who won Musayev vs Cruickshank?

Tofiq Musayev beat Daron Cruickshank by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of RIZIN 16, on Sunday 2nd June 2019 at World Memorial Hall in Kobe.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tofiq Musayev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Musayev vs Cruickshank division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Musayev vs Cruickshank stats

Tofiq Musayev stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Daron Cruickshank made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Tofiq Musayev's Rizin record stood at 7-1-0, while Daron Cruickshank's came in at 5-4-0.

The stats suggested Musayev had a large advantage in power over Cruickshank, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Cruickshank's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Musayev had a slight advantage over Cruickshank, with a 14% submission rate over Cruickshank's 9%.

Tofiq Musayev was the younger man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Musayev had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cruickshank.

Musayev was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 7 months later than Cruickshank, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 29 less professional rounds, 42 to Cruickshank's 71.

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Cruickshank's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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