Awad vs Nallo

Who won Awad vs Nallo?

The fight between Saad Awad and Mandel Nallo finished in a no contest at Bellator 249 on Thursday 15th October 2020.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Awad vs Nallo stats

Saad Awad stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Mandel Nallo made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

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

The stats suggested that Awad and Nallo have similar power, both with a 43% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nallo had a large advantage over Awad, boasting a 57% submission rate over Awad's 30%.

Saad Awad was the older man by 6 years, at 40 years old.

Nallo had a height advantage of 1 inch over Awad. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Awad was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 28 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 6 years and 8 months earlier than Nallo, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 64 to Nallo's 20.

Awad vs Nallo form

Saad Awad had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Paul Daley at Bellator 232 on 26th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

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

Before that, he had lost to Benson Henderson at Bellator 208 on 13th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

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

Activity check

Awad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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