Khaybulaev vs Kudo

Who won Khaybulaev vs Kudo?

Movlid Khaybulaev beat Ryoji Kudo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 1, on Saturday 1st April 2023 at The Theater - Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Movlid Khaybulaev.

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).

Khaybulaev vs Kudo stats

Movlid Khaybulaev stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Ryoji Kudo made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Movlid Khaybulaev's 10th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Movlid Khaybulaev's PFL record stood at 8-0-1, while Ryoji Kudo's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Kudo had a massive power advantage over Khaybulaev, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Khaybulaev's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Khaybulaev had an advantage over Kudo, with a 11% submission rate over Kudo's 0%.

Movlid Khaybulaev was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Kudo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Khaybulaev.

Khaybulaev was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 11 months earlier than Kudo, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 54 to Kudo's 38.

Khaybulaev vs Kudo form

Khaybulaev remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jeremy Kennedy at PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 1 on 3rd April 2025 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Tyler Diamond at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ryoji Kudo at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Chris Wade at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

He had won against Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Activity check

Khaybulaev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Khaybulaev vs Kudo?

Movlid Khaybulaev was a 1/8 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Ryoji Kudo made his way into the ring at 19/4 (+480) with oddsmakers.