Zanganeh vs Nash

Who won Zanganeh vs Nash?

Xavier Nash beat Navid Zanganeh by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of BFL 76, on Thursday 30th March 2023 at Harbour Convention Centre in Vancouver.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Xavier Nash.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Zanganeh vs Nash stats

Navid Zanganeh stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Xavier Nash made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Nash had an advantage in power over Zanganeh, with a 14% knock out percentage over Zanganeh's 0%.

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

Navid Zanganeh was the younger man by 6 years, at 27 years old.

Zanganeh was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 9 years and 6 months earlier than Nash, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 27 less professional rounds, 9 to Nash's 36.

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Nash's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Zanganeh vs Nash?

Navid Zanganeh was a 21/20 (-100) underdog going into the contest, while Xavier Nash made his way into the ring at 7/10 (-140) with oddsmakers.