Rungvisai vs Diaz

Who won Rungvisai vs Diaz?

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai beat Iran Diaz by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 6th October 2018 at Impact Arena in Pak Kret.

The scorecards were announced as 120-108, 119-109, 119-109 in favor of winner Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

This contest was for the unified super flyweight championship of the world, with the WBC & The Ring belts on the line.

Rungvisai vs Diaz stats

Back in October 2018, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai stepped into the ring with a record of 46 wins, 4 loses and 1 draw, 41 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Iran Diaz made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 2 loses and 3 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Rungvisai had a massive power advantage over Diaz, boosting at 89% knock out percentage over Diaz's 43%.

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai was the older man by 37 years, at 32 years old.

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai fought out of the southpaw stance, while Iran Diaz was an orthodox fighter.

Rungvisai was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 32 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 10 months later than Diaz, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 153 more professional rounds, 276 to Diaz's 123.

Iran Diaz was ranked number 12 by the WBC in the 115lb division.

Rungvisai vs Diaz form

Rungvisai had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Young Gil Bae on 21st July 2018 by technical knockout in the 1st round at Workpoint Studio, Bang Phun, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had defeated Juan Francisco Estrada on 24th February 2018 by majority decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight and The Ring Junior Bantamweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beat Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez on 9th September 2017 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Super Flyweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson.

Before that, he had won against Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez on 18th March 2017 by majority decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had beat Daetcharit Sitlekpet on 3rd June 2016 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Klongluang Muangmai Market, Pathum Thani, Thailand.

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Rungvisai's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.4 rounds on average.

What time did Rungvisai vs Diaz start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:00 PM UTC at Impact Arena, Pak Kret, Thailand, which was 2:00 PM EST or 11:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 7:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Rungvisai vs Diaz?

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai was a 3/100 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Iran Diaz made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.