Fries vs Sakai

Who won Fries vs Sakai?

Phil De Fries beat Augusto Sakai by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of KSW 95, on Friday 7th June 2024 at Hala Urania in Olsztyn.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Phil De Fries.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Fries vs Sakai stats

Phil De Fries stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Augusto Sakai made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Phil De Fries' 12th fight in KSW, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Augusto Sakai marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Phil De Fries' KSW record stood at 12-0-0, while Augusto Sakai's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Sakai had a massive power advantage over Fries, boasting a 69% knock out percentage over Fries' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fries had a massive advantage over Sakai, boasting a 58% submission rate over Sakai's 0%.

Phil De Fries was the older man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Fries had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sakai. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Fries was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Sakai, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 60 to Sakai's 54.

Fries vs Sakai form

Augusto Sakai had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Don Tale Mayes at UFC Fight Night – Krylov vs Spann on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Sergey Spivac at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Tai Tuivasa at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Jairzinho Rozenstruik at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round.

He had lost to Alistair Overeem at UFC Vegas 9 on 5th September 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Sakai's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 3 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 6 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 Fries vs Sakai?

Phil De Fries was a 2/5 (-290) favourite going into the contest, while Augusto Sakai made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+230) with oddsmakers.