Nergui vs Raju

Who won Nergui vs Raju?

Rahul Raju beat Otgonbaatar Nergui by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Championship – Battleground 2, on Friday 13th August 2021 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rahul Raju.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Nergui vs Raju stats

Otgonbaatar Nergui stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Rahul Raju made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Otgonbaatar Nergui's One Championship record stood at 1-1-0, while Rahul Raju's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Nergui had a large advantage in power over Raju, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Raju's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Raju had a slight advantage over Nergui, with a 57% submission rate over Nergui's 50%.

Otgonbaatar Nergui was the older man by 37 years, at 37 years old.

Raju had a height advantage of 4 inches over Nergui.

Nergui was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 5 years and 11 months earlier than Raju, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 16 to Raju's 24.

Nergui vs Raju form

Rahul Raju had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Amir Khan at ONE Championship – Reign of Dynasties on 9th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Furqan Cheema at ONE Championship – Edge of Greatness on 22nd November 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Honorio Banario at ONE Championship – Conquest of Champions on 23rd November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Before that, he had been defeated by Garry Tonon at ONE Championship – Reign of Kings on 27th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

He had lost to Shannon Wiratchai at ONE Championship – Iron Will on 24th March 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Raju's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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