Hamel vs Wilde

Who won Hamel vs Wilde?

Tim Wilde beat Mike Hamel by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of Bellator 301, on Friday 17th November 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Hamel vs Wilde stats

Mike Hamel stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Tim Wilde made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Mike Hamel's Bellator record stood at 4-3-0, while Tim Wilde's came in at 5-2-1.

The stats suggested Hamel had a slight advantage in power over Wilde, with a 40% knock out percentage over Wilde's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Wilde had a slight advantage over Hamel, with a 6% submission rate over Hamel's 0%.

Mike Hamel was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Wilde had a height advantage of 4 inches over Hamel. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Hamel was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 3 years later than Wilde, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 41 to Wilde's 49.

Hamel vs Wilde form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Nick Browne at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Killys Mota at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Bryce Logan at Bellator 265 on 20th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had lost to Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had been beaten by Bruno Souza at LFA 72 on 26th July 2019 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at Comerica Theatre, Phoenix.

Activity check

Hamel's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hamel vs Wilde?

Mike Hamel was a 4/9 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Tim Wilde made his way into the ring at 7/4 (+180) with oddsmakers.