Aby vs Walid

Who won Aby vs Walid?

Mohammed Walid beat Aaron Aby by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of OKTAGON 69, on Saturday 5th April 2025 at Westfalenhalle in Dortmund.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Mohammed Walid.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Aby vs Walid stats

Aaron Aby stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Mohammed Walid made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Aaron Aby's 5th fight in Oktagon MMA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Mohammed Walid marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Aaron Aby's Oktagon MMA record stood at 1-4-0, while Mohammed Walid's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Walid had a large advantage in power over Aby, boasting a 29% knock out percentage over Aby's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Walid had a massive advantage over Aby, boasting a 71% submission rate over Aby's 38%.

Aaron Aby was the same age as Mohammed Walid, at years old.

Walid had a height advantage of 1 inch over Aby.

Aby was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 5 years and 10 months earlier than Walid, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 47 more professional rounds, 71 to Walid's 24.

Aby vs Walid form

Aaron Aby had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sam Creasey at OKTAGON 56 on 20th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Stipe Brcic at Cage Warriors 146 on 12th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bec Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Michelangelo Lupoli at Cage Warriors 142 on 13th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at EBBW Vale Centre, Wales.

Before that, he had won against Gerardo Fanny at Cage Warriors 136 on 2nd April 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

He had beaten Samir Faiddine at Cage Warriors 132 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at London, England.

Activity check

Aby's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What time did Aby vs Walid start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 5:40 PM UTC , which was 1:40 PM EST or 10:40 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 6:40 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Aby vs Walid?

Aaron Aby was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Mohammed Walid made his way into the ring at 7/4 (+180) with oddsmakers.