Borics vs Barzola

Who won Borics vs Barzola?

Adam Borics beat Enrique Barzola by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 3, on Friday 19th April 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Adam Borics.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Borics vs Barzola stats

Adam Borics stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Enrique Barzola made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the PFL.

The stats suggested Barzola had a slight advantage in power over Borics, with a 25% knock out percentage over Borics' 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Borics had an advantage over Barzola, with a 33% submission rate over Barzola's 20%.

Adam Borics was the younger man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Borics had a height advantage of 4 inches over Barzola. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Borics was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 7 months later than Barzola, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 24 less professional rounds, 51 to Barzola's 75.

Borics vs Barzola form

Borics had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Mads Burnell at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Louis.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had been beaten by Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had defeated Teodor Nikolov at Bellator 196 on 6th April 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at BOK Hall, Budapest, Hungary.

Enrique Barzola had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Jaylon Bates at Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward on 11th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Erik Perez at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Juan Archuleta at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach.

Before that, he had lost to Magomed Magomedov at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by submission in the 4th round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had beaten Nikita Mikhailov at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Enrique Barzola had been fighting more than Adam Borics.

Going to this contest, Adam Borics had last fought 1 year, 7 months and 16 days ago, while Enrique Barzola's last outing had been 9 months and 6 days ago.

Borics' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Barzola's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Borics vs Barzola?

Adam Borics was a 11/20 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Enrique Barzola made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.