Awad vs Couture

Who won Awad vs Couture?

Saad Awad beat Ryan Couture by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator 201, on Friday 29th June 2018 at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Awad vs Couture division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Awad vs Couture stats

Saad Awad stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Ryan Couture made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Saad Awad's Bellator record stood at 12-11-0, while Ryan Couture's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Awad had a massive power advantage over Couture, boasting a 41% knock out percentage over Couture's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Couture had a large advantage over Awad, boasting a 55% submission rate over Awad's 32%.

Saad Awad was the younger man by 1 year, at 40 years old.

Awad had a height advantage of 1 inch over Couture. Despite this, Couture had 2-inch reach advantage.

Awad was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 4 years and 4 months earlier than Couture, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, 64 to Couture's 38.

Awad vs Couture form

Awad had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Brandon Girtz at Bellator 219 on 29th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Benson Henderson at Bellator 208 on 13th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

Before that, he had won against Ryan Couture at Bellator 201 on 29th June 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

He had beaten JJ Ambrose at Bellator 193 on 26th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

Activity check

Awad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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