Murtazaliev vs Adams

Who won Murtazaliev vs Adams?

Anthony Adams beat Khalid Murtazaliev by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 266, on Saturday 18th September 2021 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Anthony Adams.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Murtazaliev vs Adams stats

Khalid Murtazaliev stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Anthony Adams made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Khalid Murtazaliev's Bellator record stood at 3-1-0, while Anthony Adams' came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Murtazaliev had a massive power advantage over Adams, boasting a 87% knock out percentage over Adams' 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Murtazaliev and Adams would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Khalid Murtazaliev was the younger man by 37 years, at years old.

Adams had a height advantage of 1 inch over Murtazaliev. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Murtazaliev was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Adams, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 38 to Adams' 41.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Khalid Murtazaliev had been fighting more than Anthony Adams.

Going to this contest, Khalid Murtazaliev had last fought 2 years, 8 months and 26 days ago, while Anthony Adams' last outing had been 2 years, 6 months and 18 days ago.

Murtazaliev's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Adams' last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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