Delano vs Villalba

Who won Delano vs Villalba?

Jose Delano beat Alan Villalba by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of LFA 179, on Saturday 23rd March 2024 at Complexo Ribalta in Rio de Janeiro.

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 Villalba stats

Jose Delano stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Alan Villalba made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Alan Villalba will be making their debut in the LFA.

Jose Delano's LFA record stood at 4-1-0.

The stats suggested Villalba had an advantage in power over Delano, with a 43% knock out percentage over Delano's 23%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Villalba had an advantage over Delano, with a 43% submission rate over Delano's 31%.

Jose Delano was the younger man by 1 year, at 27 years old.

Villalba had a height advantage of 1 inch over Delano.

Delano's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Villalba's, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 10 months earlier than Villalba, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 42 to Villalba's 31.

Delano vs Villalba form

Delano had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Fabricio Soares at LFA 166 on 2nd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ginásio do Polvilho, Cajamar, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had lost to Gabriel Santos at LFA 151 on 28th January 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ginásio do Polvilho, Cajamar.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jair Jesuino at LFA 143 on 30th September 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife.

Before that, he had defeated Michael Stack at LFA 133 on 3rd June 2022 by unanimous decision in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at Magness Arena, Denver, United States.

He was victorious against Jonas Bilharinho at LFA 126 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at Complexo Ribalta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Delano's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Delano vs Villalba?

Jose Delano was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Alan Villalba made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.