Sy vs Aleksakhin

Who won Sy vs Aleksakhin?

Sadibou Sy beat Nikolay Aleksakhin by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2022 #3, on Friday 6th May 2022 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sadibou Sy.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Sy vs Aleksakhin stats

Sadibou Sy stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Nikolay Aleksakhin made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Sadibou Sy's 20th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Sadibou Sy's PFL record stood at 11-6-2, while Nikolay Aleksakhin's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Sy had a massive power advantage over Aleksakhin, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Aleksakhin's 0%.

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

Sadibou Sy was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Sy had a height advantage of 5 inches over Aleksakhin. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Sy was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 4 months later than Aleksakhin, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 66 to Aleksakhin's 71.

Sy vs Aleksakhin form

Sy 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 lost to Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alexey Kunchenko at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, his fight against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten David Michaud at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

He had been beaten by Abusupiyan Magomedov at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

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Sy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Aleksakhin's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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