Grant vs Zendeli

Who won Grant vs Zendeli?

Florim Zendeli beat Jack Grant by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL Europe 3, on Saturday 28th September 2024 at OVO Hydro in Glasgow.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Florim Zendeli.

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).

Grant vs Zendeli stats

Jack Grant stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Florim Zendeli made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Jack Grant's 3rd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Florim Zendeli marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Jack Grant's PFL record stood at 1-2-0, while Florim Zendeli's came in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggested that Grant and Zendeli have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zendeli had a slight advantage over Grant, with a 50% submission rate over Grant's 45%.

Jack Grant was the older man by 33 years, at 33 years old.

Grant was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 8 years and 5 months earlier than Zendeli, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 34 more professional rounds, 53 to Zendeli's 19.

Grant vs Zendeli form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Nathan Jones at Bellator London on 1st October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, England.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ian Machado Garry at Cage Warriors 125 on 26th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their Cage Warriors Welterweight championship fight at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Agy Sardari at Cage Warriors 119 on 12th December 2020 by split decision in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at York Hall, London, England.

Before that, he had beaten Yassine Belhadj at Cage Warriors 115 on 25th September 2020 by submission in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

He had been defeated by Jai Herbert at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at Eventim Apollo, London.

Activity check

Grant's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Zendeli's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Grant vs Zendeli?

Jack Grant was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Florim Zendeli made his way into the ring at 3/1 (+300) with oddsmakers.