Magomedkerimov vs Velickovic

Who won Magomedkerimov vs Velickovic?

Magomed Magomedkerimov beat Bojan Velickovic by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL 2018 #6, on Thursday 16th August 2018 at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City.

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

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).

Magomedkerimov vs Velickovic stats

Magomed Magomedkerimov stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Bojan Velickovic made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Magomed Magomedkerimov's PFL record stood at 16-1-0, while Bojan Velickovic's came in at 1-4-1.

The stats suggested Magomedkerimov had an advantage in power over Velickovic, with a 47% knock out percentage over Velickovic's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Velickovic had an advantage over Magomedkerimov, with a 50% submission rate over Magomedkerimov's 32%.

Magomed Magomedkerimov was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Magomedkerimov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Velickovic. Despite this, Velickovic had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Magomedkerimov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years earlier than Velickovic, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 77 to Velickovic's 70.

Magomedkerimov vs Velickovic form

Magomedkerimov had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against David Zawada at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Gleison Tibau at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dilano Taylor at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Before that, he had lost to Ray Cooper at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Sadibou Sy at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

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Magomedkerimov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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