Cerilli vs Elliott

Who won Cerilli vs Elliott?

Mauro Cerilli beat Paul Elliott by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of ONE Fight Night 14, on Friday 29th September 2023 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Cerilli vs Elliott stats

Mauro Cerilli stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Paul Elliott made his way to the cage with a record of 4 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Mauro Cerilli's 7th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Mauro Cerilli's One Championship record stood at 3-4-0, while Paul Elliott's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Elliott had a massive power advantage over Cerilli, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Cerilli's 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cerilli had a slight advantage over Elliott, with a 7% submission rate over Elliott's 0%.

Mauro Cerilli was the older man by 9 years, at 41 years old.

Cerilli had a height advantage of 1 inch over Elliott.

Cerilli was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 5 years and 7 months earlier than Elliott, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 35 to Elliott's 7.

Cerilli vs Elliott form

Mauro Cerilli had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Amir Aliakbari at ONE Championship 161 on 26th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had won against Abdulbasir Vagabov at ONE Championship – Unbreakable 2 on 29th January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Arjan Bhullar at ONE Championship – Century – Part 2 on 13th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Alain Ngalani at ONE Championship – Reign of Valor on 8th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Thuwunna Indoor Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar.

He had been defeated by Brandon Vera at ONE Championship – Conquest of Champions on 23rd November 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their ONE Heavyweight championship fight at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Activity check

Cerilli's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Elliott's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 26 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 Cerilli vs Elliott?

Mauro Cerilli was a 1/3 (-300) favourite going into the contest, while Paul Elliott made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.