The third
Professional Fighters League event of the 2024 regular season
goes down this Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
PFL 3 will be headlined by a welterweight clash between former
Bellator
MMA champion
Andrey
Koreshkov and undefeated Russian prospect
Magomed
Umalatov. The show features fights in the 145- and 170-pound
weight classes, with competitors striving towards inching closer to
the $1 million prize at season’s end.
The marquee attraction between Koreshkov and Umalatov is poised to
transpire as a spectacle much to the fervent anticipation of fight
fans. Ahead of their clash, a look at some of the statistical
intricacies that help preview the fight better:
20: With 20 fights in the Bellator 170-pound division, Koreshkov
leads the tally for most bouts in the organization’s divisional
history.
16: In those 20 bouts, Koreshkov has stood victorious on 16
occasions, which is the highest in the history of the promotion’s
welterweight division.
8: Koreshkov is tied with
Douglas
Lima and
Michael
Page for the most knockout wins in Bellator at 170 pounds.
13: Koreshkov was undefeated through the first 13 fights of his
career, his run highlighted by 11 finishes.
14: The 33-year-old Koreshkov has 14 knockout victories on his
record, which amounts to 52% of his career total.
4: With four submissions, Koreshkov has exhibited a 15% submission
finish rate in fights.
9: Umalatov has registered nine first-round victories in his
career—a fact that speak volumes about his killer instinct.
11: With 11 knockout victories, Umalatov has displayed the kind of
formidable striking skills that might factor into his fight against
Koreshkov.
79: The 32-year-old Umalatov has achieved 79% of his victories by
knockout.