Chen vs Abelardo

Who won Chen vs Abelardo?

Rui Chen beat Mark Abelardo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE Championship, on Friday 11th February 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rui Chen.

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).

Chen vs Abelardo stats

Rui Chen stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Mark Abelardo made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Rui Chen's One Championship record stood at 6-4-0, while Mark Abelardo's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Abelardo had a slight advantage in power over Chen, with a 60% knock out percentage over Chen's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Abelardo had a slight advantage over Chen, with a 15% submission rate over Chen's 11%.

Rui Chen was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Chen had a height advantage of 2 inches over Abelardo.

Chen was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 5 years and 3 months later than Abelardo, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 38 less professional rounds, 33 to Abelardo's 71.

Chen vs Abelardo form

Abelardo had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Emilio Urrutia at ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 2 on 5th March 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had lost to Fabricio de Andrade at ONE Championship – No Surrender on 31st July 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ayideng Jumayi at ONE Championship – Dawn of Valor on 25th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Before that, he had been beaten by Shoko Sato at ONE Championship – Warriors of Light on 10th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

He had defeated Daichi Takenaka at ONE Championship – Clash of Legends on 16th February 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Impact Arena, Bangkok.

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Chen's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Abelardo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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