Caldwell vs Barzola

Who won Caldwell vs Barzola?

Enrique Barzola beat Darrion Caldwell by during the prelims of Bellator 273, on Saturday 29th January 2022 at Footprint Center in Phoenix.

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).

Caldwell vs Barzola stats

Darrion Caldwell stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Enrique Barzola made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Darrion Caldwell's Bellator record stood at 12-6-0, while Enrique Barzola's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Barzola had an advantage in power over Caldwell, with a 25% knock out percentage over Caldwell's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Caldwell had an advantage over Barzola, with a 40% submission rate over Barzola's 25%.

Darrion Caldwell was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Caldwell had a height advantage of 3 inches over Barzola. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Caldwell was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 months earlier than Barzola, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 53 to Barzola's 75.

Caldwell vs Barzola form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Adam Borics at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Noad Lahat at Bellator 204 on 17th August 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

He had defeated Leandro Higo at Bellator 195 on 2nd March 2018 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Activity check

Caldwell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Barzola's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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