Bilostenniy vs Ivanov

Who won Bilostenniy vs Ivanov?

Sergey Bilostenniy beat Blagoy Ivanov by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 1, on Thursday 4th April 2024 at Boeing Center in San Antonio.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sergey Bilostenniy.

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).

Bilostenniy vs Ivanov stats

Sergey Bilostenniy stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Blagoy Ivanov made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Sergey Bilostenniy's 3rd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024.

Sergey Bilostenniy's PFL record stood at 2-1-0, while Blagoy Ivanov's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Bilostenniy had a massive power advantage over Ivanov, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Ivanov's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivanov had a massive advantage over Bilostenniy, boasting a 32% submission rate over Bilostenniy's 0%.

Sergey Bilostenniy was the younger man by 9 years, at 29 years old.

Bilostenniy had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ivanov.

Bilostenniy was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 7 years and 7 months later than Ivanov, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 28 to Ivanov's 64.

Bilostenniy vs Ivanov form

Blagoy Ivanov had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Augusto Sakai at UFC Vegas 1 on 30th May 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC 244 on 2nd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Tai Tuivasa at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Before that, he had beaten Ben Rothwell at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita.

He had been defeated by Junior dos Santos at UFC Fight Night 133 on 14th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at CenturyLink Arena, Boise.

Activity check

Bilostenniy's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Ivanov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bilostenniy vs Ivanov?

Sergey Bilostenniy was a 13/25 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Blagoy Ivanov made his way into the ring at 11/8 (+140) with oddsmakers.