Goltsov vs DeReese

Who won Goltsov vs DeReese?

Denis Goltsov beat Mo DeReese by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 2021 #3, on Thursday 6th May 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

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).

Goltsov vs DeReese stats

Denis Goltsov stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Mo DeReese made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Denis Goltsov's 17th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Denis Goltsov's PFL record stood at 14-3-0, while Mo DeReese's came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested DeReese had a large advantage in power over Goltsov, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Goltsov's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Goltsov had a large advantage over DeReese, boasting a 40% submission rate over DeReese's 13%.

Denis Goltsov was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Goltsov had a height advantage of 5 inches over DeReese. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Goltsov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 3 years and 5 months earlier than DeReese, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 57 more professional rounds, 80 to DeReese's 23.

Goltsov vs DeReese form

Goltsov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ante Delija at PFL 2021 #8 on 19th 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 Brandon Sayles at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mo DeReese at PFL 2021 #3 on 6th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ali Isaev at PFL 2019 #9 on 31st October 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Satoshi Ishii at PFL 2019 #9 on 31st October 2019 by majority decision in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Goltsov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

DeReese's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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