Cullen vs Amaury Junior

Who won Cullen vs Amaury Junior?

Adam Cullen beat Amaury Junior by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 160 – Manchester, on Friday 29th September 2023 at BEC Arena in Manchester.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Cullen vs Amaury Junior division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Cullen vs Amaury Junior stats

Adam Cullen stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Amaury Junior made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Adam Cullen's Cage Warriors record stood at 7-2-0, while Amaury Junior's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Cullen had an advantage in power over Amaury Junior, with a 33% knock out percentage over Amaury Junior's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Amaury Junior had a slight advantage over Cullen, with a 75% submission rate over Cullen's 67%.

Adam Cullen was the younger man by 36 years, at years old.

Cullen was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 15 years and 3 months later than Amaury Junior, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 40 less professional rounds, 13 to Amaury Junior's 53.

Cullen vs Amaury Junior form

Cullen had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dumitru Girlean at Cage Warriors 152 on 15th April 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Martin Causse at Cage Warriors 146 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Bec Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Arnaud Kherfallah at Cage Warriors 137 on 27th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Charter Hall, Colchester, England.

Before that, he had defeated Ndiaye El Hadji at Cage Warriors 136 on 2nd April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

He was victorious against Mikail Bayram at Cage Warriors 131 on 10th December 2021 by submission in the 1st round at London, England.

Activity check

Cullen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Cullen vs Amaury Junior?

Adam Cullen was a 1/4 (-430) favourite going into the contest, while Amaury Junior made his way into the ring at 11/4 (+300) with oddsmakers.