Strazzella vs El-Hefnawi

Who won Strazzella vs El-Hefnawi?

Mitch Strazzella beat Mani El-Hefnawi by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of BFL 77, on Friday 9th June 2023 at Harbour Event & Convention Center in Vancouver.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Strazzella vs El-Hefnawi stats

Mitch Strazzella stepped into the octagon with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mani El-Hefnawi made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Strazzella had a massive power advantage over El-Hefnawi, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over El-Hefnawi's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Strazzella and El-Hefnawi would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Mitch Strazzella was the older man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Strazzella was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 6 months earlier than El-Hefnawi, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 16 to El-Hefnawi's 6.

Strazzella vs El-Hefnawi form

Strazzella had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mani El-Hefnawi at BFL 77 on 9th June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Harbour Event & Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ali Wasuk at BFL 76 on 30th March 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver.

Going into that contest, his fight against Austin Russell at BFL 75 on 1st December 2022 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had lost to Matty Hovorka at BFL 72 on 28th April 2022 by submission at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver.

He had beaten JR Cuevas at BFL 68 on 30th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in Western Canada.

Activity check

Strazzella's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

El-Hefnawi's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Strazzella vs El-Hefnawi?

Mitch Strazzella was a 13/10 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Mani El-Hefnawi made his way into the ring at 4/7 (-180) with oddsmakers.