Bolanos vs Phillips

Who won Bolanos vs Phillips?

Gaston Bolanos beat Aaron Phillips by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen, on Saturday 15th April 2023 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gaston Bolanos.

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).

Bolanos vs Phillips stats

Gaston Bolanos stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Aaron Phillips made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Gaston Bolanos' UFC record stood at 1-1-0, while Aaron Phillips' came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Bolanos had a massive power advantage over Phillips, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Phillips' 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Phillips had an advantage over Bolanos, with a 17% submission rate over Bolanos' 0%.

Gaston Bolanos was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Phillips had a height advantage of 2 inches over Bolanos. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Bolanos was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 5 years and 10 months later than Phillips, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 19 to Phillips' 33.

Bolanos vs Phillips form

Bolanos had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Aaron Phillips at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Daniel Carey at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Daniel Carey at Bellator 226 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Before that, he had defeated Nathan Stolen at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

He was victorious against Ysidro Gutierrez at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

Bolanos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bolanos vs Phillips?

Gaston Bolanos was a 11/20 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Aaron Phillips made his way into the ring at 3/2 (+150) with oddsmakers.