Xavier vs Albrektsson

Who won Xavier vs Albrektsson?

Rafael Xavier beat Karl Albrektsson by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 27th June 2025 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Xavier vs Albrektsson stats

Rafael Xavier stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Karl Albrektsson made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Rafael Xavier's 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Karl Albrektsson marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Rafael Xavier's PFL record stood at 1-0-0, while Karl Albrektsson's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Xavier had an advantage in power over Albrektsson, with a 69% knock out percentage over Albrektsson's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Albrektsson had a slight advantage over Xavier, with a 21% submission rate over Xavier's 15%.

Rafael Xavier was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Albrektsson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Xavier.

Xavier's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Albrektsson's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 7 months later than Albrektsson, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 46 to Albrektsson's 42.

Xavier vs Albrektsson form

Karl Albrektsson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Simeon Powell at PFL 2025 World Tournament: First Round 4 on 1st May 2025 by knockout in the 2nd round at Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Grant Neal at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Kia Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Karl Moore at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had won against Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

He had beaten Viktor Nemkov at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Albrektsson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What time did Xavier vs Albrektsson start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:00 AM UTC , which was 8:00 PM EST or 5:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Xavier vs Albrektsson?

Rafael Xavier was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Karl Albrektsson made his way into the ring at 29/20 (+150) with oddsmakers.