Umalatov vs Taylor

Who won Umalatov vs Taylor?

Magomed Umalatov beat Dilano Taylor by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 3, on Friday 14th April 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

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).

Umalatov vs Taylor stats

Magomed Umalatov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Dilano Taylor made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Magomed Umalatov's 9th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Magomed Umalatov's PFL record stood at 8-1-0, while Dilano Taylor's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Umalatov had a massive power advantage over Taylor, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Taylor's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Taylor had an advantage over Umalatov, with a 20% submission rate over Umalatov's 8%.

Magomed Umalatov was the older man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Umalatov had a height advantage of 1 inch over Taylor.

Umalatov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 10 years later than Taylor, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 32 to Taylor's 36.

Umalatov vs Taylor form

Taylor had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Sadibou Sy 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Rory MacDonald at PFL 2022 #8 on 13th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Jo o Zeferino at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

He had defeated Mark Martin at PFL Challenger Series 2 on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Orlando.

Activity check

Umalatov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Taylor's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Umalatov vs Taylor?

Magomed Umalatov was a 1/4 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Dilano Taylor made his way into the ring at 27/10 (+240) with oddsmakers.