Delano vs Soares

Who won Delano vs Soares?

Jose Delano beat Fabricio Soares by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of LFA 166, on Saturday 2nd September 2023 at Ginásio do Polvilho in Cajamar.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jose Delano.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Delano vs Soares stats

Jose Delano stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Fabricio Soares made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Jose Delano's LFA record stood at 4-1-0, while Fabricio Soares' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Soares had an advantage in power over Delano, with a 43% knock out percentage over Delano's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Soares had an advantage over Delano, with a 50% submission rate over Delano's 33%.

Jose Delano was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Delano's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Soares', having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 8 months later than Soares, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 42 to Soares' 28.

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Delano's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Delano vs Soares?

Jose Delano was a 2/11 (-630) favourite going into the contest, while Fabricio Soares made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+400) with oddsmakers.