Haque vs Martignoni

Who won Haque vs Martignoni?

Shajidul Haque beat Michele Martignoni by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Cage Warriors 158, on Saturday 29th July 2023 at Fiera Roma in Rome.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Shajidul Haque.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Haque vs Martignoni stats

Shajidul Haque stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Michele Martignoni made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Michele Martignoni marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Shajidul Haque's Cage Warriors record stood at 8-2-0, while Michele Martignoni's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Haque had a slight advantage in power over Martignoni, with a 29% knock out percentage over Martignoni's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martignoni had a massive advantage over Haque, boasting a 38% submission rate over Haque's 0%.

Shajidul Haque was the older man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

Martignoni had a height advantage of 4 inches over Haque.

Haque was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 2 months earlier than Martignoni, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 61 to Martignoni's 33.

Haque vs Martignoni form

Michele Martignoni had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Shajidul Haque at Cage Warriors 158 on 29th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

Previous to that, he had won against Dominique Wooding at Cage Warriors 144 on 7th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Scott Malone at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Before that, his fight against Adam Amarasinghe at Cage Warriors 128 on 1st October 2021 ended in a no contest.

He had defeated Weslley Maia at Cage Warriors 117 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London.

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Martignoni's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Haque vs Martignoni?

Shajidul Haque was a 11/10 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Michele Martignoni made his way into the ring at 4/6 (-150) with oddsmakers.