Sy vs Mitchell

Who won Sy vs Mitchell?

Sadibou Sy beat Shane Mitchell by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of PFL 6, on Friday 23rd June 2023 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

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).

Sy vs Mitchell stats

Sadibou Sy stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Shane Mitchell made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Sadibou Sy's 21st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Sadibou Sy's PFL record stood at 11-7-2, while Shane Mitchell's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Mitchell had a large advantage in power over Sy, boasting a 69% knock out percentage over Sy's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mitchell had a large advantage over Sy, boasting a 23% submission rate over Sy's 0%.

Sadibou Sy was the older man by 38 years, at 38 years old.

Sy was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 8 months later than Mitchell, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 68 to Mitchell's 36.

Sy vs Mitchell form

Sy had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to 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, United States.

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

Going into that contest, his fight against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten David Michaud at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

He had been beaten by Abusupiyan Magomedov at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

Activity check

Sy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Sy vs Mitchell?

Sadibou Sy was a 1/8 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Shane Mitchell made his way into the ring at 5/1 (+500) with oddsmakers.