Hadley vs Durden

Who won Hadley vs Durden?

Cody Durden beat Jake Hadley by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font, on Saturday 5th August 2023 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cody Durden.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Hadley vs Durden stats

Jake Hadley stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Cody Durden made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Jake Hadley's UFC record stood at 2-2-0, while Cody Durden's came in at 5-3-1.

The stats suggested Durden had a slight advantage in power over Hadley, with a 40% knock out percentage over Hadley's 30%.

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

Jake Hadley was the younger man by 6 years, at 27 years old.

Hadley had 1-inch reach advantage.

Hadley was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 1 year and 10 months later than Durden, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 28 to Durden's 41.

Hadley vs Durden form

Hadley had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Malcolm Gordon at UFC 286 on 18th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Carlos Candelario at UFC Fight Night: Mitchell vs. Evloev on 5th November 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Allan Nascimento at UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Rakić on 14th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Luke Shanks at Cage Warriors 117 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their Cage Warriors Flyweight championship fight at York Hall, London, England.

He was victorious against Shajidul Haque at Cage Warriors 114 on 24th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Hadley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hadley vs Durden?

Jake Hadley was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Cody Durden made his way into the ring at 17/10 (+170) with oddsmakers.