Mbilli vs Mohammedi

Who won Mbilli vs Mohammedi?

Christian Mbilli beat Nadjib Mohammedi by knockout in the 5th round on Saturday 26th March 2022 at Montreal Casino in Quebec.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 168 pounds (12 stone or 76.2 KG).

Mbilli vs Mohammedi stats

Back in March 2022, Christian Mbilli stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Nadjib Mohammedi made his way to the ring with a record of 44 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 27 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Mbilli had a large advantage in power over Mohammedi, boosting at 90% knock out percentage over Mohammedi's 61%.

Christian Mbilli was the younger man by 11 years, at 26 years old.

Mohammedi had a height advantage of 2 inches over Mbilli. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Christian Mbilli & Nadjib Mohammedi fought out of an orthodox stance.

Mbilli was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 32 less fights, and made his debut in 2017, 11 year and 10 months later than Mohammedi, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 214 less professional rounds, 121 to Mohammedi's 335.

Christian Mbilli went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBC at super middleweight.

Mbilli vs Mohammedi form

Nadjib Mohammedi had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Vladimir Shishkin on 13th October 2018 by technical knockout in the 10th round at Ekaterinburg Expo, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Fedor Chudinov on 21st July 2018 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Olimpiyskiy, Moscow.

Going into that contest, he had beat Hadillah Mohoumadi on 30th March 2018 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Palais des sports Marcel Cerdan, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Before that, he had lost to Oleksandr Gvozdyk on 9th April 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Sergey Kovalev on 25th July 2015 by knockout in the 3rd round in their WBA Super World Light Heavyweight, IBF World Light Heavyweight and WBO World Light heavyweight championship fight at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Mbilli's last 3 fights had come over a period of 11 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

Mohammedi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Mbilli vs Mohammedi start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 2:00 AM UTC at Montreal Casino, Quebec, Canada, which was 10:00 PM EST or 7:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Mbilli vs Mohammedi?

Christian Mbilli was a 3/50 (-1700) favourite going into the contest, while Nadjib Mohammedi made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.