Dias vs Sweeney

Who won Dias vs Sweeney?

John Sweeney beat Ricardo Dias by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of LFA 137, on Friday 29th July 2022 at Commerce Casino in Commerce.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner John Sweeney.

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).

Dias vs Sweeney stats

Ricardo Dias stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

John Sweeney made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

John Sweeney marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Ricardo Dias' LFA record stood at 2-0-0, while John Sweeney's came in at 6-0-0.

The stats suggested Sweeney had a slight advantage in power over Dias, with a 50% knock out percentage over Dias' 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dias had an advantage over Sweeney, with a 40% submission rate over Sweeney's 20%.

Ricardo Dias was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Dias had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sweeney.

Dias was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 3 months earlier than Sweeney, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 26 to Sweeney's 41.

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Dias' last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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