Taylor vs Magomedov

Who won Taylor vs Magomedov?

Louis Taylor beat Abusupiyan Magomedov by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 2018 #11, on Monday 31st December 2018 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Taylor vs Magomedov stats

Louis Taylor stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Abusupiyan Magomedov made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Abusupiyan Magomedov marked his 5th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Louis Taylor's PFL record stood at 5-0-1, while Abusupiyan Magomedov's came in at 3-1-1.

The stats suggested Magomedov had an advantage in power over Taylor, with a 59% knock out percentage over Taylor's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Taylor had an advantage over Magomedov, with a 35% submission rate over Magomedov's 18%.

Louis Taylor was the older man by 11 years, at 45 years old.

Magomedov had a height advantage of 3 inches over Taylor. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Taylor was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Magomedov, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 44 to Magomedov's 58.

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Magomedov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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