Soldic vs Kadestam

Who won Soldic vs Kadestam?

Zebaztian Kadestam beat Roberto Soldic by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE on Prime Video 10, on Friday 5th May 2023 at 1stBank Center in Broomfield.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Soldic vs Kadestam stats

Roberto Soldic stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Zebaztian Kadestam made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Roberto Soldic's One Championship record stood at 0-1-0, while Zebaztian Kadestam's came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Kadestam had a slight advantage in power over Soldic, with a 86% knock out percentage over Soldic's 85%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kadestam had a slight advantage over Soldic, with a 7% submission rate over Soldic's 5%.

Roberto Soldic was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Kadestam had a height advantage of 1 inch over Soldic.

Soldic was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 3 months later than Kadestam, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 47 to Kadestam's 51.

Soldic vs Kadestam form

Zebaztian Kadestam had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Iuri Lapicus at ONE Championship 161 on 26th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had beaten Valmir da Silva at ONE Championship 161 on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Murad Ramazanov at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors 2 on 17th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had been beaten by Gadjimurad Abdulaev at ONE Championship – Unbreakable on 22nd January 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had defeated Georgiy Kichigin at ONE Championship – Reign of Valor on 8th March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their ONE Welterweight championship fight at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar.

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Kadestam's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Soldic vs Kadestam?

Roberto Soldic was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Zebaztian Kadestam made his way into the ring at 10/3 (+330) with oddsmakers.