Sabatello vs Dayron

Who won Sabatello vs Dayron?

Danny Sabatello drew with Lazaro Dayron by majority draw in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 8, on Friday 16th August 2024 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood.

The scorecards were announced, meaning it was a majority draw.

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).

Sabatello vs Dayron stats

Danny Sabatello stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Lazaro Dayron made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Danny Sabatello's 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Lazaro Dayron marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Danny Sabatello's PFL record stood at 0-0-1, while Lazaro Dayron's came in at 0-0-1.

The stats suggested Dayron had an advantage in power over Sabatello, with a 38% knock out percentage over Sabatello's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sabatello had a large advantage over Dayron, boasting a 36% submission rate over Dayron's 13%.

Danny Sabatello was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Sabatello had a height advantage of 4 inches over Dayron.

Sabatello was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Dayron, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 49 to Dayron's 22.

Sabatello vs Dayron form

Danny Sabatello had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Raufeon Stots at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedov at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had won against Marcos Breno at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Raufeon Stots at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had beaten Leandro Higo at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Sabatello's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What time did Sabatello vs Dayron start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:10 AM UTC , which was 8:10 PM EST or 5:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Sabatello vs Dayron?

Danny Sabatello was a 2/15 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Lazaro Dayron made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.