Richardson vs Burlinson

Who won Richardson vs Burlinson?

Justin Burlinson beat Jamie Richardson by submission in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Cage Warriors 150, on Friday 17th March 2023 at Indigo at The O2 in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Richardson vs Burlinson stats

Jamie Richardson stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Justin Burlinson made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Jamie Richardson's Cage Warriors record stood at 7-7-0, while Justin Burlinson's came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Richardson had a massive power advantage over Burlinson, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Burlinson's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Burlinson had a massive advantage over Richardson, boasting a 71% submission rate over Richardson's 9%.

Jamie Richardson was the older man by 1 year, at 27 years old.

Burlinson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Richardson.

Richardson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Burlinson, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 45 to Burlinson's 17.

Richardson vs Burlinson form

Richardson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to James Sheehan at Cage Warriors 145 on 4th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Leonardo Damiani at Cage Warriors 132 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at London, England.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alessandro Botti at Cage Warriors 129 on 2nd October 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had been beaten by Nathias Frederick at Cage Warriors 118 on 11th December 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Middleweight championship fight at York Hall, London.

He had defeated Phill Wells at Cage Warriors 104 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Viola Arena, Cardiff, Wales.

Activity check

Richardson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Burlinson's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Richardson vs Burlinson?

Jamie Richardson was a 16/5 (+320) underdog going into the contest, while Justin Burlinson made his way into the ring at 1/5 (-500) with oddsmakers.