Radzhabov vs Al-Selwady

Who won Radzhabov vs Al-Selwady?

Loik Radzhabov beat Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 2nd March 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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).

Radzhabov vs Al-Selwady stats

Loik Radzhabov stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Loik Radzhabov's 4th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023.

Loik Radzhabov's UFC record stood at 2-2-0, while Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Al-Selwady had an advantage in power over Radzhabov, with a 53% knock out percentage over Radzhabov's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Radzhabov had an advantage over Al-Selwady, with a 29% submission rate over Al-Selwady's 13%.

Loik Radzhabov was the older man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Al-Selwady had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Radzhabov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 28 days later than Al-Selwady, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 62 to Al-Selwady's 38.

Radzhabov vs Al-Selwady form

Radzhabov had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Akhmet Aliev at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alex Martinez at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Natan Schulte at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Chris Wade at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

He had drawn with Islam Mamedov at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by majority draw in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Radzhabov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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