Sy vs Kunchenko

Who won Sy vs Kunchenko?

Sadibou Sy beat Alexey Kunchenko by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2021 #5, on Thursday 17th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

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 Kunchenko stats

Sadibou Sy stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alexey Kunchenko made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

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 Alexey Kunchenko's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Sy had a slight advantage in power over Kunchenko, with a 75% knock out percentage over Kunchenko's 65%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kunchenko had a slight advantage over Sy, with a 5% submission rate over Sy's 0%.

Sadibou Sy was the younger man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Sy had a height advantage of 7 inches over Kunchenko. That also extended to a 10-inch reach advantage.

Sy's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Kunchenko's, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 5 months later than Kunchenko, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 66 to Kunchenko's 59.

Sy vs Kunchenko form

Sy had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

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

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

Activity check

Sy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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