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 21st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Sadibou Sy's PFL record stood at 11-7-2, 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 3 less professional rounds, 68 to Aleksakhin's 71.

Sy vs Aleksakhin form

Sy had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Carlos Leal at 2023 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Lightweights on 23rd August 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Shane Mitchell at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dilano Taylor at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he was victorious against Carlos Leal at PFL 2022 #8 on 13th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

He had won against Rory MacDonald at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

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Sy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Aleksakhin's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 30 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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