Sexton vs Khan

Who won Sexton vs Khan?

Ariel Sexton beat Amir Khan by submission in the 3rd round during the co-main event of ONE Championship – Call to Greatness, on Friday 22nd February 2019 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

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).

Sexton vs Khan stats

Ariel Sexton stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Amir Khan made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Ariel Sexton's One Championship record stood at 5-3-0, while Amir Khan's came in at 14-9-0.

The stats suggested Khan had a massive power advantage over Sexton, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Sexton's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sexton had a massive advantage over Khan, boasting a 75% submission rate over Khan's 18%.

Ariel Sexton was the older man by 13 years, at 42 years old.

Khan had a height advantage of 2 inches over Sexton.

Sexton was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 7 years and 9 months earlier than Khan, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 36 to Khan's 49.

Sexton vs Khan form

Khan had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Eduard Folayang at ONE Championship – Conquest of Champions on 23rd November 2018 by unanimous decision in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Previous to that, he had won against Honorio Banario at ONE Championship – Beyond the Horizon on 8th September 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Shanghai, China.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sung Jong Lee at ONE Championship – Unstoppable Dreams on 18th May 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been beaten by Timofey Nastyukhin at ONE Championship – Quest for Gold on 23rd February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar.

He had defeated John Zhang at ONE Championship – Ascent to Power on 6th May 2016 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

Activity check

Sexton's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Khan's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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