Alencar vs Arnesen

Who won Alencar vs Arnesen?

Talita Alencar beat Kelsey Arnesen by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of LFA 156, on Friday 14th April 2023 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Talita Alencar.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Strawweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 KG).

Alencar vs Arnesen stats

Talita Alencar stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 3 wins, zero losses and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

Kelsey Arnesen made his way to the cage with a record of 2 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

This was Talita Alencar's 1st fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023.

Talita Alencar's LFA record stood at 1-0-0, while Kelsey Arnesen's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Arnesen had a massive power advantage over Alencar, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Alencar's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alencar had a massive advantage over Arnesen, boasting a 100% submission rate over Arnesen's 0%.

Talita Alencar was the older man by 33 years, at 33 years old.

Arnesen had a height advantage of 4 inches over Alencar.

Alencar's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Arnesen's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 9 months later than Arnesen, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 17 to Arnesen's 12.

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Arnesen's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Alencar vs Arnesen?

Talita Alencar was a 11/20 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Kelsey Arnesen made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+130) with oddsmakers.