Storley vs Musaev

Who won Storley vs Musaev?

Shamil Musaev beat Logan Storley by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 3, on Friday 19th April 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

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).

Storley vs Musaev stats

Logan Storley stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shamil Musaev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 14 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the PFL.

The stats suggested Musaev had a slight advantage in power over Storley, with a 64% knock out percentage over Storley's 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Musaev had an advantage over Storley, with a 14% submission rate over Storley's 0%.

Logan Storley was the older man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Musaev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Storley. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Storley was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 1 month later than Musaev, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 42 to Musaev's 23.

Storley vs Musaev form

Storley had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Brennan Ward at Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward on 11th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator Dublin on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Michael Page at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at SSE Arena, London.

Before that, he had defeated Neiman Gracie at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He was victorious against Dante Schiro at Bellator 265 on 20th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

Storley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Storley vs Musaev?

Logan Storley was a 4/9 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Shamil Musaev made his way into the ring at 8/5 (+170) with oddsmakers.