Nastyukhin vs Zhang

Who won Nastyukhin vs Zhang?

Lipeng Zhang beat Timofey Nastyukhin by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Fight Night 15, on Friday 6th October 2023 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.

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).

Nastyukhin vs Zhang stats

Timofey Nastyukhin stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Lipeng Zhang made his way to the cage with a record of 33 wins, 11 losses and 2 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 13 by submission.

Timofey Nastyukhin's One Championship record stood at 7-7-0, while Lipeng Zhang's came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Nastyukhin had an advantage in power over Zhang, with a 50% knock out percentage over Zhang's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zhang had a slight advantage over Nastyukhin, with a 39% submission rate over Nastyukhin's 29%.

Timofey Nastyukhin was the same age as Lipeng Zhang, at 34 years old.

Zhang had a height advantage of 4 inches over Nastyukhin.

Nastyukhin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 25 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year later than Zhang, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 55 less professional rounds, 31 to Zhang's 86.

Nastyukhin vs Zhang form

Nastyukhin had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Halil Amir at ONE on Prime Video 2 on 30th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Christian Lee at ONE on TNT 2 on 14th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had won against Pieter Buist at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix 2 on 6th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had beaten Eddie Alvarez at ONE Championship – A New Era on 31st March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

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Nastyukhin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Zhang's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nastyukhin vs Zhang?

Timofey Nastyukhin was a 5/4 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Lipeng Zhang made his way into the ring at 13/20 (-150) with oddsmakers.