Wiratchai vs Raju

Who won Wiratchai vs Raju?

Shannon Wiratchai beat Rahul Raju by during the main card of ONE Championship – Iron Will, on Saturday 24th March 2018 at Impact Arena in Bangkok.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Shannon Wiratchai.

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).

Wiratchai vs Raju stats

Shannon Wiratchai stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Rahul Raju made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Shannon Wiratchai's One Championship record stood at 8-6-0, while Rahul Raju's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Wiratchai had a slight advantage in power over Raju, with a 50% knock out percentage over Raju's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Raju had an advantage over Wiratchai, with a 40% submission rate over Wiratchai's 25%.

Shannon Wiratchai was the older man by 35 years, at 35 years old.

Raju had a height advantage of 4 inches over Wiratchai.

Wiratchai was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 4 months earlier than Raju, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 36 to Raju's 24.

Wiratchai vs Raju form

Rahul Raju had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Amir Khan at ONE Championship – Reign of Dynasties on 9th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Furqan Cheema at ONE Championship – Edge of Greatness on 22nd November 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Honorio Banario at ONE Championship – Conquest of Champions on 23rd November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Before that, he had been defeated by Garry Tonon at ONE Championship – Reign of Kings on 27th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

He had lost to Shannon Wiratchai at ONE Championship – Iron Will on 24th March 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

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Raju's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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