Delija vs Graves

Who won Delija vs Graves?

Ante Delija beat Shelton Graves by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2022 #5, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ante Delija.

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).

Delija vs Graves stats

Ante Delija stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Shelton Graves made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ante Delija's PFL record stood at 8-3-0, while Shelton Graves' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Graves had an advantage in power over Delija, with a 56% knock out percentage over Delija's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Delija had an advantage over Graves, with a 30% submission rate over Graves' 11%.

Ante Delija was the younger man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Delija had a height advantage of 3 inches over Graves. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Delija was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Graves, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 53 to Graves' 34.

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Delija's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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