Jesus vs Laroco

Who won Jesus vs Laroco?

John De Jesus beat Brandon Laroco by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Cage Warriors 143, on Friday 23rd September 2022 at Humphrey's by The Bay in San Diego.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner John De Jesus.

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).

Jesus vs Laroco stats

John De Jesus stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Brandon Laroco made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

John De Jesus' Cage Warriors record stood at 3-2-0, while Brandon Laroco's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Jesus had an advantage in power over Laroco, with a 36% knock out percentage over Laroco's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Laroco had a massive advantage over Jesus, boasting a 67% submission rate over Jesus' 14%.

John De Jesus was the older man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Jesus had a height advantage of 1 inch over Laroco. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Jesus was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 7 months later than Laroco, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 52 more professional rounds, 77 to Laroco's 25.

Jesus vs Laroco form

John De Jesus had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Damon Wilson at Cage Warriors 155 on 2nd June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Roberto Hernandez at Cage Warriors 149 on 3rd March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Brandon Laroco at Cage Warriors 143 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Humphrey's by The Bay, San Diego.

Before that, he had been beaten by Kai Kamaka III at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated John Teixeira at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Jesus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Laroco's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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