DeReese vs Istrefi

Who won DeReese vs Istrefi?

Mo DeReese beat Valdrin Istrefi by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 2019 #6, on Thursday 8th August 2019 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

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).

DeReese vs Istrefi stats

Mo DeReese stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Valdrin Istrefi made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Mo DeReese's PFL record stood at 4-4-0, while Valdrin Istrefi's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested DeReese had an advantage in power over Istrefi, with a 57% knock out percentage over Istrefi's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Istrefi had a large advantage over DeReese, boasting a 38% submission rate over DeReese's 14%.

Mo DeReese was the older man by 3 years, at 37 years old.

Istrefi had a height advantage of 3 inches over DeReese. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

DeReese was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 8 months later than Istrefi, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 23 to Istrefi's 32.

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DeReese's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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