Magomedkerimov vs Curtis

Who won Magomedkerimov vs Curtis?

Magomed Magomedkerimov beat Chris Curtis by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest during the main card of PFL 2019 #7, on Friday 11th October 2019 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Magomed Magomedkerimov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 2 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Magomedkerimov vs Curtis stats

Magomed Magomedkerimov stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Chris Curtis made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Chris Curtis marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Magomed Magomedkerimov's PFL record stood at 16-1-0, while Chris Curtis' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Curtis had a slight advantage in power over Magomedkerimov, with a 48% knock out percentage over Magomedkerimov's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Magomedkerimov had a large advantage over Curtis, boasting a 32% submission rate over Curtis' 5%.

Magomed Magomedkerimov was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Magomedkerimov had a height advantage of 3 inches over Curtis. Despite this, Curtis had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Magomedkerimov's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Curtis', having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 10 months earlier than Curtis, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 45 less professional rounds, 77 to Curtis' 122.

Magomedkerimov vs Curtis form

Magomedkerimov had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten John Howard at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ray Cooper at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he was victorious against Bojan Velickovic at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

He had won against Bojan Velickovic at PFL 2018 #6 on 16th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Resort Casino, Atlantic City, United States.

Curtis had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Marc Andr Barriault at UFC 297 on 20th January 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Previous to that, his fight against Nassourdine Imavov at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 ended in a no contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Joaquin Buckley at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Jack Hermansson at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chris Curtis had been fighting more than Magomed Magomedkerimov.

Going to this contest, Magomed Magomedkerimov had last fought 5 years, 8 months and 1 day ago, while Chris Curtis' last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 20 days ago.

Magomedkerimov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Curtis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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