Radzhabov vs Martinez

Who won Radzhabov vs Martinez?

Alex Martinez beat Loik Radzhabov by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2021 #1, on Friday 23rd April 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alex Martinez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Radzhabov vs Martinez stats

Loik Radzhabov stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alex Martinez made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Loik Radzhabov's 9th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Loik Radzhabov's PFL record stood at 4-4-1, while Alex Martinez's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Radzhabov had an advantage in power over Martinez, with a 46% knock out percentage over Martinez's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martinez had a large advantage over Radzhabov, boasting a 57% submission rate over Radzhabov's 31%.

Loik Radzhabov was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Martinez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Radzhabov.

Radzhabov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 2 months earlier than Martinez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 62 to Martinez's 39.

Radzhabov vs Martinez form

Radzhabov had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev on 2nd March 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mateusz Rebecki at UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria on 24th June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Esteban Ribovics at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Raush Manfio at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Alex Martinez at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Activity check

Radzhabov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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