Edwards vs Chadwick

Who won Edwards vs Chadwick?

Fabian Edwards beat Lee Chadwick by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator Newcastle, on Saturday 9th February 2019 at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Fabian Edwards.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Edwards vs Chadwick stats

Fabian Edwards stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Lee Chadwick made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 13 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 13 by submission.

Fabian Edwards' Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Lee Chadwick's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Edwards had an advantage in power over Chadwick, with a 40% knock out percentage over Chadwick's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a slight advantage over Chadwick, with a 60% submission rate over Chadwick's 54%.

Fabian Edwards was the younger man by 8 years, at 31 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 1 inch over Chadwick. That also extended to a 8-inch reach advantage.

Edwards was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 33 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 10 years and 8 months later than Chadwick, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 51 less professional rounds, 37 to Chadwick's 88.

Edwards vs Chadwick form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Johnny Eblen at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had won against Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Charlie Ward at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Before that, he had defeated Lyoto Machida at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Austin Vanderford at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

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Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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