Bautista vs Cannetti

Who won Bautista vs Cannetti?

Mario Bautista beat Guido Cannetti by submission in the 1st round during the main card of UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili, on Saturday 11th March 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

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).

Bautista vs Cannetti stats

Mario Bautista stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Guido Cannetti made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.

The stats suggested Cannetti had an advantage in power over Bautista, with a 40% knock out percentage over Bautista's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bautista had a slight advantage over Cannetti, with a 45% submission rate over Cannetti's 40%.

Mario Bautista was the younger man by 14 years, at 29 years old.

Bautista had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cannetti. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Bautista was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 9 year and 4 months later than Cannetti, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 25 to Cannetti's 25.

Bautista vs Cannetti form

Cannetti had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Randy Costa at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan on 1st October 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Kris Moutinho at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Mana Martinez at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had lost to Marlon Vera at UFC Fight Night 140 on 17th November 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He had won against Diego Rivas at UFC Fight Night 129 on 19th May 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Movistar Arena, Santiago, Chile.

Activity check

Bautista's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

Cannetti's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bautista vs Cannetti?

Mario Bautista was a 9/100 (-1100) favourite going into the contest, while Guido Cannetti made his way into the ring at 131/20 (+660) with oddsmakers.