Barzola vs Perez

Who won Barzola vs Perez?

Enrique Barzola beat Erik Perez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 292, on Friday 10th March 2023 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Enrique Barzola.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Barzola vs Perez stats

Enrique Barzola stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Erik Perez made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Enrique Barzola's Bellator record stood at 4-2-0, while Erik Perez's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Barzola had a slight advantage in power over Perez, with a 28% knock out percentage over Perez's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Perez had an advantage over Barzola, with a 42% submission rate over Barzola's 22%.

Enrique Barzola was the same age as Erik Perez, at 34 years old.

Perez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Barzola. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Barzola's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Perez's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 7 months later than Perez, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 75 to Perez's 61.

Barzola vs Perez form

Barzola had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Juan Archuleta at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedov at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by submission in the 4th round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Nikita Mikhailov at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had beaten Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

He had defeated Bobby Moffett at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Activity check

Barzola's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Perez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Barzola vs Perez?

Enrique Barzola was a 8/25 (-310) favourite going into the contest, while Erik Perez made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.