Who won Abdouraguimov vs Grant?
Abdoul Abdouraguimov beat Jack Grant by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL Europe 1, on Thursday 7th March 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris.
The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Abdoul Abdouraguimov.
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).
Abdouraguimov vs Grant stats
Abdoul Abdouraguimov stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.
Jack Grant made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.
This was Abdoul Abdouraguimov's 3rd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Jack Grant marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.
Abdoul Abdouraguimov's PFL record stood at 3-0-0, while Jack Grant's came in at 1-2-0.
The stats suggested Grant had a massive power advantage over Abdouraguimov, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Abdouraguimov's 12%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Abdouraguimov had a large advantage over Grant, boasting a 71% submission rate over Grant's 44%.
Abdoul Abdouraguimov was the younger man by 3 years, at 29 years old.
Grant had a height advantage of 3 inches over Abdouraguimov.
Abdouraguimov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 4 years and 2 months later than Grant, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 40 to Grant's 53.
Abdouraguimov vs Grant form
Grant 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 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.
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Grant's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Abdouraguimov vs Grant?
Abdoul Abdouraguimov was a 1/5 (-560) favourite going into the contest, while Jack Grant made his way into the ring at 29/10 (+330) with oddsmakers.
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