Procházka vs Lawal

Who won Procházka vs Lawal?

Jiri Prochazka beat Muhammed Lawal by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of RIZIN 15, on Sunday 21st April 2019 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Procházka vs Lawal stats

Jiri Prochazka stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Muhammed Lawal made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Jiri Prochazka's 12th fight in Rizin, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Jiri Prochazka's Rizin record stood at 11-1-0, while Muhammed Lawal's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Lawal had a massive power advantage over Prochazka, boasting a 62% knock out percentage over Prochazka's 0%.

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

Jiri Prochazka was the younger man by 12 years, at 32 years old.

Prochazka had a height advantage of 4 inches over Lawal. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Prochazka was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 29 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 6 months later than Lawal, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 55 to Lawal's 71.

Procházka vs Lawal form

Prochazka had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alex Pereira at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Glover Teixeira at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by submission in the 5th round in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had defeated Dominick Reyes at UFC Vegas 25 on 1st May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in the United States.

He was victorious against C B Dollaway at RIZIN 20 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Rizin Light Heavyweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Activity check

Prochazka's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Lawal's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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