Edwards vs Neto

Who won Edwards vs Neto?

Fabian Edwards beat Falco Neto by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator Birmingham, on Saturday 4th May 2019 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham.

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 Neto stats

Fabian Edwards stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Falco Neto made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Fabian Edwards' Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Falco Neto's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Neto had a massive power advantage over Edwards, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Edwards' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a massive advantage over Neto, boasting a 50% submission rate over Neto's 18%.

Fabian Edwards was the younger man by 8 years, at 31 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 3 inches over Neto. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Edwards was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 8 years and 5 months later than Neto, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 37 to Neto's 26.

Edwards vs Neto form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Costello van Steenis at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

Previous to that, he had won against Mike Shipman at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jonathan Bosuku at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London.

Before that, he had defeated Falco Neto at Bellator Birmingham on 4th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

He was victorious against Lee Chadwick at Bellator Newcastle on 9th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle.

Activity check

Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Edwards vs Neto?

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