Willis vs Kuramagomedov

Who won Willis vs Kuramagomedov?

Ramazan Kuramagomedov beat Jaleel Willis by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of Bellator 297, on Friday 16th June 2023 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).

Willis vs Kuramagomedov stats

Jaleel Willis stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ramazan Kuramagomedov made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Jaleel Willis' Bellator record stood at 4-3-0, while Ramazan Kuramagomedov's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Willis had a large advantage in power over Kuramagomedov, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Kuramagomedov's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kuramagomedov had a massive advantage over Willis, boasting a 50% submission rate over Willis' 0%.

Jaleel Willis was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

Kuramagomedov had a height advantage of 2 inches over Willis. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.

Willis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 months earlier than Kuramagomedov, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 47 to Kuramagomedov's 24.

Willis vs Kuramagomedov form

Jaleel Willis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kyle Crutchmer at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Sabah Homasi at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Before that, he had beaten Maycon Mendon a at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Vinicius de Jesus at LFA 88 on 21st August 2020 by unanimous decision in their LFA Welterweight championship fight at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

Willis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Willis vs Kuramagomedov?

Jaleel Willis was a 13/8 (+170) underdog going into the contest, while Ramazan Kuramagomedov made his way into the ring at 4/9 (-230) with oddsmakers.