Barnaoui vs Primus

Who won Barnaoui vs Primus?

Brent Primus beat Mansour Barnaoui by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator MMA Paris, on Friday 12th May 2023 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Brent Primus.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Barnaoui vs Primus stats

Mansour Barnaoui stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Brent Primus made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Brent Primus marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in September 2013.

Mansour Barnaoui's Bellator record stood at 1-2-0, while Brent Primus' came in at 10-3-0.

The stats suggested Barnaoui had an advantage in power over Primus, with a 30% knock out percentage over Primus' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Barnaoui had a slight advantage over Primus, with a 65% submission rate over Primus' 55%.

Mansour Barnaoui was the younger man by 8 years, at 31 years old.

Barnaoui had a height advantage of 2 inches over Primus.

Barnaoui was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 months later than Primus, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 57 to Primus' 39.

Barnaoui vs Primus form

Brent Primus had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Benson Henderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Islam Mamedov at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Bungard at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had defeated Tim Wilde at Bellator Birmingham on 4th May 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Michael Chandler at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Activity check

Primus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Barnaoui vs Primus?

Mansour Barnaoui was a 2/7 (-360) favourite going into the contest, while Brent Primus made his way into the ring at 47/20 (+240) with oddsmakers.