Sordi vs Ataev

Who won Sordi vs Ataev?

Emiliano Sordi beat Bozigit Ataev by submission in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 2019 #9, on Thursday 31st October 2019 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

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).

Sordi vs Ataev stats

Emiliano Sordi stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Bozigit Ataev made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Emiliano Sordi's PFL record stood at 7-4-1, while Bozigit Ataev's came in at 3-4-1.

The stats suggested Ataev had a slight advantage in power over Sordi, with a 75% knock out percentage over Sordi's 74%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sordi had a slight advantage over Ataev, with a 26% submission rate over Ataev's 20%.

Emiliano Sordi was the younger man by 12 years, at 34 years old.

Sordi had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ataev. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Sordi was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 9 years and 4 months later than Ataev, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 49 to Ataev's 33.

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Ataev's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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