Bahamondes vs Giagos

Who won Bahamondes vs Giagos?

Ignacio Bahamondes beat Christos Giagos by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 6th April 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Bahamondes vs Giagos stats

Ignacio Bahamondes stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Christos Giagos made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Ignacio Bahamondes' UFC record stood at 4-2-0, while Christos Giagos' came in at 6-8-0.

The stats suggested Bahamondes had a large advantage in power over Giagos, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Giagos' 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Giagos had an advantage over Bahamondes, with a 20% submission rate over Bahamondes' 7%.

Ignacio Bahamondes was the younger man by 8 years, at 26 years old.

Bahamondes had a height advantage of 5 inches over Giagos. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Bahamondes was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 5 years and 5 months later than Giagos, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 27 less professional rounds, 42 to Giagos' 69.

Bahamondes vs Giagos form

Bahamondes had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ludovit Klein at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Trey Ogden at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rongzhu at UFC Fight Night on 26th February 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Roosevelt Roberts at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He was victorious against Chris Brown at LFA 90 on 4th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Giagos had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Daniel Zellhuber at UFC Fight Night – Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 on 16th September 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Rick Glenn at UFC Fight Night – Pavlovich vs. Blaydes on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot on 25th June 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC Vegas 37 on 18th September 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Sean Soriano at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Christos Giagos had been fighting more than Ignacio Bahamondes.

Going to this contest, Ignacio Bahamondes had last fought 9 months and 3 days ago, while Christos Giagos' last outing had been 7 months and 22 days ago.

Bahamondes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Giagos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bahamondes vs Giagos?

Ignacio Bahamondes was a 7/25 (-360) favourite going into the contest, while Christos Giagos made his way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.