Outlaw vs Musayev

Who won Outlaw vs Musayev?

Tofiq Musayev beat Sidney Outlaw by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator MMA, on Friday 22nd July 2022 at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel in Tacoma.

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).

Outlaw vs Musayev stats

Sidney Outlaw stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Tofiq Musayev made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Sidney Outlaw's Bellator record stood at 5-3-0, while Tofiq Musayev's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Musayev had a massive power advantage over Outlaw, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Outlaw's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Outlaw had a massive advantage over Musayev, boasting a 50% submission rate over Musayev's 11%.

Sidney Outlaw was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Musayev had a height advantage of 2 inches over Outlaw.

Outlaw's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Musayev's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 months earlier than Musayev, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 50 to Musayev's 42.

Outlaw vs Musayev form

Musayev had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Patricky Pitbull at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Johnny Case at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had defeated Damien Brown at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

He was victorious against Daron Cruickshank at RIZIN 16 on 2nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at World Memorial Hall, Kobe.

Activity check

Outlaw's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Musayev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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