Delija vs Greene

Who won Delija vs Greene?

Ante Delija beat Maurice Greene by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 5, on Friday 16th June 2023 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 Greene stats

Ante Delija stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Maurice Greene made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Delija had a large advantage in power over Greene, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Greene's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Greene had a large advantage over Delija, boasting a 55% submission rate over Delija's 26%.

Ante Delija was the younger man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

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

Delija was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 6 months earlier than Greene, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 53 to Greene's 41.

Delija vs Greene form

Greene had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Marcelo Nunes at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Denis Goltsov at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Marcos Rogerio de Lima at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Greg Hardy at UFC Vegas 12 on 31st October 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Gian Villante at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Greene's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Delija vs Greene?

Ante Delija was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Maurice Greene made his way into the ring at 19/5 (+380) with oddsmakers.