Rosta vs Sy

Who won Rosta vs Sy?

Dalton Rosta beat Sadibou Sy by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 18th April 2025 at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Rosta vs Sy stats

Dalton Rosta stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sadibou Sy made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Dalton Rosta's 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Sadibou Sy marked his 21st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Dalton Rosta's PFL record stood at 1-0-0, while Sadibou Sy's came in at 11-7-2.

The stats suggested Sy had a slight advantage in power over Rosta, with a 53% knock out percentage over Rosta's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Rosta and Sy would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Dalton Rosta was the younger man by 9 years, at 29 years old.

Sy had a height advantage of 3 inches over Rosta. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Rosta was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 5 years and 5 months later than Sy, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 41 less professional rounds, 27 to Sy's 68.

Rosta vs Sy form

Rosta 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 Norbert Novenyi Jr at Bellator Champions Series: Dublin on 22nd June 2024 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward on 11th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Anthony Adams at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Romero Cotton at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

He was victorious against Duane Johnson at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Sadibou Sy had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rory MacDonald at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, he had defeated Alexey Kunchenko at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

His fight against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 ended in a no contest.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Dalton Rosta had been fighting more than Sadibou Sy.

Going to this contest, Dalton Rosta had last fought 10 months and 15 days ago, while Sadibou Sy's last outing had been 2 years, 10 months and 6 days ago.

Rosta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Sy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Rosta vs Sy start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:10 AM UTC , which was 8:10 PM EST or 5:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Rosta vs Sy?

Dalton Rosta was a 3/4 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Sadibou Sy made his way into the ring at 9/10 (-110) with oddsmakers.