Dalakian vs Thaiyen

Who won Dalakian vs Thaiyen?

Artem Dalakian beat Sirichai Thaiyen by technical knockout in the 8th round on Sunday, June 17th, 2018, at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 kg).

This contest was for the WBA flyweight championship of the world.

Dalakian vs Thaiyen stats

Back in June 2018, Artem Dalakian stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 16 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Sirichai Thaiyen made his way to the ring with a record of 50 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, with 35 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Thaiyen had a slight advantage in power over Dalakian, with a 70% knockout percentage compared to Dalakian's 69%.

Artem Dalakian was the older man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Both Artem Dalakian and Sirichai Thaiyen fought out of an orthodox stance.

Dalakian was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 37 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 5 months later than Thaiyen, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 217 fewer professional rounds, totaling 156 compared to Thaiyen's 373.

Sirichai Thaiyen was ranked number 1 by the WBA in the 112lb division.

Dalakian vs Thaiyen form

Dalakian had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Brian Viloria on February 24, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Flyweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Prior to that, he had beaten Luis Manuel Macias on April 22, 2017, by knockout in the 6th round at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev, Ukraine.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jozsef Ajtai on November 6, 2016, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev.

Before that, he had beaten Silvio Olteanu on May 14, 2016, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev.

He had defeated Robert Kanalas on December 5, 2015, by technical knockout in the 1st round at Stereo Plaza, Kiev.

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Dalakian's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 12 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What time did Dalakian vs Thaiyen start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM UTC at Parkovy Convention Centre, Kiev, Ukraine, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Dalakian vs Thaiyen?

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