Soldic vs Arslanaliev

Who won Soldic vs Arslanaliev?

Roberto Soldic beat Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE 171, on Thursday 20th February 2025 at Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail.

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).

Soldic vs Arslanaliev stats

Roberto Soldic stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Roberto Soldic's 3rd fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Roberto Soldic's One Championship record stood at 1-1-0, while Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Soldic had a slight advantage in power over Arslanaliev, with a 85% knock out percentage over Arslanaliev's 78%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Arslanaliev had an advantage over Soldic, with a 22% submission rate over Soldic's 5%.

Roberto Soldic was the same age as Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev, at 30 years old.

Soldic had a height advantage of 1 inch over Arslanaliev.

Soldic was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 8 months later than Arslanaliev, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 48 to Arslanaliev's 18.

Soldic vs Arslanaliev form

Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Tye Ruotolo at ONE Fight Night 13 on 4th August 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had won against Timofey Nastyukhin at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Christian Lee at ONE Championship – Century – Part 1 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Amir Khan at ONE Championship – Enter the Dragon on 17th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, Singapore.

He had defeated Ev Ting at ONE Championship – Call to Greatness on 22nd February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Arslanaliev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What time did Soldic vs Arslanaliev start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 5:10 PM UTC , which was 12:10 PM EST or 9:10 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 5:10 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Soldic vs Arslanaliev?

Roberto Soldic was a 2/7 (-420) favourite going into the contest, while Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+280) with oddsmakers.