Edwards vs Ward

Who won Edwards vs Ward?

Fabian Edwards beat Charlie Ward by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator Milan, on Saturday 29th October 2022 at Allianz Cloud Arena in Milan.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Fabian Edwards.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Edwards vs Ward stats

Fabian Edwards stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Charlie Ward made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Fabian Edwards' Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Charlie Ward's came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Ward had an advantage in power over Edwards, with a 60% knock out percentage over Edwards' 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a large advantage over Ward, boasting a 30% submission rate over Ward's 0%.

Fabian Edwards was the older man by 31 years, at 31 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ward. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Edwards was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 years and 1 month later than Ward, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 37 to Ward's 37.

Edwards vs Ward form

Edwards 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 Johnny Eblen at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had won against Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Charlie Ward at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Before that, he had defeated Lyoto Machida at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Austin Vanderford at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Activity check

Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Ward's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Edwards vs Ward?

Fabian Edwards was a 1/6 (-630) favourite going into the contest, while Charlie Ward made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+360) with oddsmakers.