Sordi vs Hendricks

Who won Sordi vs Hendricks?

Cory Hendricks beat Emiliano Sordi by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of PFL 2022 #1, on Wednesday 20th April 2022 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Sordi vs Hendricks stats

Emiliano Sordi stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Cory Hendricks made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Emiliano Sordi's PFL record stood at 7-4-1, while Cory Hendricks' came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Sordi had a massive power advantage over Hendricks, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Hendricks' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hendricks had a massive advantage over Sordi, boasting a 63% submission rate over Sordi's 26%.

Emiliano Sordi was the younger man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Sordi had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hendricks. Despite this, Hendricks had 1-inch reach advantage.

Sordi was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 14 years and 6 months later than Hendricks, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 49 to Hendricks' 31.

Sordi vs Hendricks form

Sordi had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ant nio Carlos J nior at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Dan Spohn at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chris Camozzi at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had beaten Jordan Johnson at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had defeated Bozigit Ataev at PFL 2019 #9 on 31st October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

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Sordi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Hendricks' last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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