Farias vs Sweeney

Who won Farias vs Sweeney?

John Sweeney beat Ary Farias by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of LFA 150, on Friday 13th January 2023 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake.

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).

Farias vs Sweeney stats

Ary Farias stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 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.

Ary Farias' LFA record stood at 2-2-0, while John Sweeney's came in at 5-0-0.

The stats suggested Sweeney had a massive power advantage over Farias, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Farias' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Farias had a massive advantage over Sweeney, boasting a 58% submission rate over Sweeney's 20%.

Ary Farias was the older man by 5 years, at 34 years old.

Sweeney had a height advantage of 1 inch over Farias. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Farias was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 11 months earlier than Sweeney, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 28 to Sweeney's 36.

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Farias' last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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