Outlaw vs Musayev

Who won Outlaw vs Musayev?

Tofiq Musayev beat Sidney Outlaw by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator MMA, on Friday 22nd July 2022 at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel in Tacoma.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Outlaw vs Musayev stats

Sidney Outlaw stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Tofiq Musayev made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Tofiq Musayev marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Sidney Outlaw's Bellator record stood at 5-3-0, while Tofiq Musayev's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Musayev had a massive power advantage over Outlaw, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Outlaw's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Outlaw had a massive advantage over Musayev, boasting a 50% submission rate over Musayev's 11%.

Sidney Outlaw was the younger man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Musayev had a height advantage of 2 inches over Outlaw.

Outlaw's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Musayev's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 months earlier than Musayev, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 50 to Musayev's 43.

Outlaw vs Musayev form

Sidney Outlaw had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Islam Mamedov at Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward on 11th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Tofiq Musayev at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Myles Jury at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had been beaten by Michael Chandler at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

He had defeated Roger Huerta at Bellator 234 on 14th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Musayev had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Sidney Outlaw at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Roberto ‘Satoshi’ de Souza at RIZIN 28 on 13th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Rizin Lightweight championship fight at Tokyo Dome(東京ドーム), Bunkyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had won against Patricky Pitbull at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had beaten Johnny Case at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had defeated Damien Brown at RIZIN 19 on 12th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Edion Arena, Osaka.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Sidney Outlaw had been fighting more than Tofiq Musayev.

Going to this contest, Sidney Outlaw had last fought 1 year, 10 months and 16 days ago, while Tofiq Musayev's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 5 days ago.

Outlaw's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Musayev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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