MacDonald vs Taylor

Who won MacDonald vs Taylor?

Dilano Taylor beat Rory MacDonald by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of PFL 2022 #8, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

MacDonald vs Taylor stats

Rory MacDonald stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Dilano Taylor made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Rory MacDonald's PFL record stood at 2-4-0, while Dilano Taylor's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested MacDonald had a slight advantage in power over Taylor, with a 30% knock out percentage over Taylor's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested MacDonald had an advantage over Taylor, with a 39% submission rate over Taylor's 22%.

Rory MacDonald was the older man by 7 years, at 35 years old.

MacDonald was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 19 years and 7 months later than Taylor, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 52 more professional rounds, 88 to Taylor's 36.

MacDonald vs Taylor form

Rory MacDonald had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Curtis Millender at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Douglas Lima at Bellator 232 on 26th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Neiman Gracie at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had drawn with Jon Fitch at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by majority draw in their 5 round contest in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had been beaten by Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

MacDonald's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Taylor's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 month. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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