Al-Silawi vs Dafrawy

Who won Al-Silawi vs Dafrawy?

Omar El Dafrawy beat Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL MENA 3, on Friday 20th September 2024 at PFL MENA Studio in Boulevard City.

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).

Al-Silawi vs Dafrawy stats

Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Omar El Dafrawy made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi's 7th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Omar El Dafrawy marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi's PFL record stood at 3-4-0, while Omar El Dafrawy's came in at 3-0-0.

The stats suggested Dafrawy had an advantage in power over Al-Silawi, with a 55% knock out percentage over Al-Silawi's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Al-Silawi had an advantage over Dafrawy, with a 30% submission rate over Dafrawy's 18%.

Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Dafrawy had a height advantage of 1 inch over Al-Silawi.

Al-Silawi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in , 8 years and 3 months earlier than Dafrawy, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 59 to Dafrawy's 42.

Al-Silawi vs Dafrawy form

Al-Silawi had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Rayan Atmani at PFL MENA 2: Riyadh on 12th July 2024 by submission in the 1st round at The Green Halls, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had lost to Solomon Renfro at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Magomed Umalatov at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Before that, he had beaten Gleison Tibau at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

He had defeated Michael Lilly at PFL Challenger Series 2 on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Orlando.

Activity check

Al-Silawi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Al-Silawi vs Dafrawy?

Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi was a 4/9 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Omar El Dafrawy made his way into the ring at 13/8 (+160) with oddsmakers.