Khaybulaev vs Kudo

Who won Khaybulaev vs Kudo?

Movlid Khaybulaev beat Ryoji Kudo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 1, on Saturday 1st April 2023 at The Theater - Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Movlid Khaybulaev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Khaybulaev vs Kudo stats

Movlid Khaybulaev stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Ryoji Kudo made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

Movlid Khaybulaev's PFL record stood at 7-0-1, while Ryoji Kudo's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Kudo had a massive power advantage over Khaybulaev, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Khaybulaev's 32%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Khaybulaev had an advantage over Kudo, with a 11% submission rate over Kudo's 0%.

Movlid Khaybulaev was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Kudo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Khaybulaev.

Khaybulaev was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 11 months earlier than Kudo, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 51 to Kudo's 38.

Khaybulaev vs Kudo form

Kudo had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Bubba Jenkins at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Alejandro Flores at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had beaten Min Hyuk Lee at ONE Warrior Series 10 on 19th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in Singapore.

He had defeated Jerry Olsim at ONE Warrior Series 8 on 5th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bellesalle Shibuya Garden, Tokyo, Japan.

Activity check

Khaybulaev's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

Kudo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Khaybulaev vs Kudo?

Movlid Khaybulaev was a 1/8 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Ryoji Kudo made his way into the ring at 19/4 (+480) with oddsmakers.