Ditcheva vs Mauldin

Who won Ditcheva vs Mauldin?

Dakota Ditcheva beat Lisa Mauldin by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 1, on Thursday 4th April 2024 at Boeing Center in San Antonio.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Ditcheva vs Mauldin stats

Dakota Ditcheva stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Lisa Mauldin made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Dakota Ditcheva's 9th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Lisa Mauldin marked her 4th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Dakota Ditcheva's PFL record stood at 9-0-0, while Lisa Mauldin's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Ditcheva had a massive power advantage over Mauldin, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Mauldin's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mauldin had a large advantage over Ditcheva, boasting a 33% submission rate over Ditcheva's 10%.

Dakota Ditcheva was the younger man by 9 years, at 26 years old.

Ditcheva had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mauldin.

Ditcheva was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2021, 3 years later than Mauldin, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 20 to Mauldin's 25.

Ditcheva vs Mauldin form

Mauldin had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Desiree Yanez at PFL 7 on 4th August 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Boeing Center, San Antonio, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Helen Peralta at PFL Challenger Series 2023 – Week 5 on 24th February 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Universal Studios, Orlando.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Whittany Pyles at LFA 127 on 25th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Commerce Casino & Hotel, Commerce.

Before that, she had defeated Mitzi Merry at LFA 96 on 4th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hartman Arena, Park City.

She had been beaten by Sam Hughes at LFA 81 on 31st January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa.

Activity check

Mauldin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Ditcheva vs Mauldin?

Dakota Ditcheva was a 1/40 (-3300) favourite going into the contest, while Lisa Mauldin made his way into the ring at 11/1 (+1100) with oddsmakers.