Mirzaei vs Salim

Who won Mirzaei vs Salim?

Saeid Mirzaei beat Hamza Salim by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of BFL 75, on Thursday 1st December 2022 at Harbour Convention Centre in Vancouver.

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).

Mirzaei vs Salim stats

Saeid Mirzaei stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Hamza Salim made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Salim had a massive power advantage over Mirzaei, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Mirzaei's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mirzaei had a massive advantage over Salim, boasting a 67% submission rate over Salim's 0%.

Saeid Mirzaei was the older man by 33 years, at 33 years old.

Salim had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mirzaei.

Mirzaei was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 9 years and 1 month earlier than Salim, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 13 to Salim's 29.

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Mirzaei's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Mirzaei vs Salim?

Saeid Mirzaei was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Hamza Salim made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.