Bonner vs Stewart

Who won Bonner vs Stewart?

Darren Stewart beat Matthew Bonner by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Cage Warriors 156, on Saturday 1st July 2023 at Vale Sports Arena in Cardiff.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Darren Stewart.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Bonner vs Stewart stats

Matthew Bonner stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Darren Stewart made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Matthew Bonner's Cage Warriors record stood at 12-7-1, while Darren Stewart's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Stewart had a large advantage in power over Bonner, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Bonner's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bonner had a large advantage over Stewart, boasting a 36% submission rate over Stewart's 7%.

Matthew Bonner was the same age as Darren Stewart, at 33 years old.

Bonner had a height advantage of 2 inches over Stewart.

Bonner's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Stewart's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 years and 11 months later than Stewart, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 67 to Stewart's 58.

Bonner vs Stewart form

Darren Stewart had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Dustin Jacoby at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Eryk Anders at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Going into that contest, his fight against Eryk Anders at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Maki Pitolo at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Bonner's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Stewart's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bonner vs Stewart?

Matthew Bonner was a 13/10 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Darren Stewart made his way into the ring at 8/13 (-160) with oddsmakers.