Shanks vs Creasey

Who won Shanks vs Creasey?

Sam Creasey beat Luke Shanks by submission in the 3rd round during the main event of Cage Warriors 129, on Saturday 2nd October 2021 at York Hall in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the Cage Warriors flyweight championship.

Shanks vs Creasey stats

Luke Shanks stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Sam Creasey made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Luke Shanks' Cage Warriors record stood at 6-3-0, while Sam Creasey's came in at 13-5-0.

The stats suggested Creasey had a large advantage in power over Shanks, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Shanks' 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shanks had a slight advantage over Creasey, with a 43% submission rate over Creasey's 38%.

Luke Shanks was the younger man by 7 years, at 29 years old.

Creasey had a height advantage of 1 inch over Shanks.

Shanks was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 8 months later than Creasey, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 37 to Creasey's 47.

Shanks vs Creasey form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Aaron Aby at Cage Warriors 123 on 24th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Adam Amarasinghe at Cage Warriors 117 on 10th December 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at York Hall, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Nicolas Leblond at Cage Warriors 116 on 26th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BEC Arena, Manchester.

Before that, he had lost to Samir Faiddine at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Flyweight championship fight at Eventim Apollo, London.

He had been beaten by Nathan Greyson at Cage Warriors 92 on 24th March 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Flyweight championship fight at 02 Indigo, London.

Activity check

Shanks' last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Creasey's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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