Weichel vs Khizriev

Who won Weichel vs Khizriev?

Timur Khizriev beat Daniel Weichel by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 288, on Friday 18th November 2022 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Timur Khizriev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Weichel vs Khizriev stats

Daniel Weichel stepped into the octagon with a record of 42 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 22 by submission.

Timur Khizriev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Timur Khizriev marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Daniel Weichel's Bellator record stood at 11-7-0, while Timur Khizriev's came in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggested Khizriev had an advantage in power over Weichel, with a 27% knock out percentage over Weichel's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Weichel had a massive advantage over Khizriev, boasting a 52% submission rate over Khizriev's 9%.

Daniel Weichel was the older man by 11 years, at 40 years old.

Weichel had a height advantage of 1 inch over Khizriev.

Weichel was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 44 more fights, and made his debut in 2002, 12 years and 3 months earlier than Khizriev, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 63 more professional rounds, 112 to Khizriev's 49.

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Weichel's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Weichel vs Khizriev?

Daniel Weichel was a 47/20 (+260) underdog going into the contest, while Timur Khizriev made his way into the ring at 3/10 (-360) with oddsmakers.