Larkin vs Dominguez

Who won Larkin vs Dominguez?

Lorenz Larkin beat Alan Dominguez by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 6, on Friday 28th June 2024 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

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).

Larkin vs Dominguez stats

Lorenz Larkin stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alan Dominguez made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Lorenz Larkin's 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Alan Dominguez marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Lorenz Larkin's PFL record stood at 1-0-0, while Alan Dominguez's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Larkin had a slight advantage in power over Dominguez, with a 52% knock out percentage over Dominguez's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Larkin and Dominguez would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Lorenz Larkin was the older man by 11 years, at 38 years old.

Dominguez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Larkin. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Larkin was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 years earlier than Dominguez, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 79 to Dominguez's 44.

Larkin vs Dominguez form

Larkin had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Kia Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Going into that contest, his fight against Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten Kyle Stewart at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had defeated Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Activity check

Larkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What time did Larkin vs Dominguez start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:30 AM UTC , which was 8:30 PM EST or 5:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:30 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Larkin vs Dominguez?

Lorenz Larkin was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Alan Dominguez made his way into the ring at 16/5 (+320) with oddsmakers.