McGrillen-Evans vs Zaharovs

Who won McGrillen-Evans vs Zaharovs?

Lewis McGrillen-Evans beat Matiss Zaharovs by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL Europe 2, on Saturday 8th June 2024 at Utilita Arena in Newcastle.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lewis McGrillen-Evans.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

McGrillen-Evans vs Zaharovs stats

Lewis McGrillen-Evans stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Matiss Zaharovs made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Lewis McGrillen-Evans' 4th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Matiss Zaharovs marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Lewis McGrillen-Evans' PFL record stood at 3-1-0, while Matiss Zaharovs' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested McGrillen-Evans had an advantage in power over Zaharovs, with a 100% knock out percentage over Zaharovs' 83%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zaharovs had an advantage over McGrillen-Evans, with a 17% submission rate over McGrillen-Evans' 0%.

Lewis McGrillen-Evans was the older man by 23 years, at 23 years old.

McGrillen-Evans was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2021, 3 years and 6 months later than Zaharovs, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 15 to Zaharovs' 18.

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McGrillen-Evans' last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What time did McGrillen-Evans vs Zaharovs start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 5:10 PM UTC , which was 1:10 PM EST or 10:10 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 6:10 PM BST in the UK.

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