Harila vs Shelley

Who won Harila vs Shelley?

Tobias Harila beat Ryan Shelley by during the co-main event of Cage Warriors 153, on Saturday 29th April 2023 at 3Arena in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tobias Harila.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Harila vs Shelley stats

Tobias Harila stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Ryan Shelley made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 6 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Tobias Harila's Cage Warriors record stood at 4-3-0, while Ryan Shelley's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Harila had a massive power advantage over Shelley, boasting a 90% knock out percentage over Shelley's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shelley had a massive advantage over Harila, boasting a 50% submission rate over Harila's 0%.

Tobias Harila was the older man by 30 years, at 30 years old.

Harila was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in , 2 years and 10 months earlier than Shelley, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 27 to Shelley's 20.

Harila vs Shelley form

Shelley had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Tobias Harila at Cage Warriors 153 on 29th April 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at 3Arena, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Josh Reed at Cage Warriors 145 on 4th November 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Indigo at the O2, London.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Matthew Elliott at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, Belfast.

Before that, he had defeated Magdi Gereev at Cage Warriors 135 on 1st April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

He was victorious against Liam Molloy at Cage Warriors 127 on 30th September 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at York Hall, London, England.

Activity check

Shelley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 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 Harila vs Shelley?

Tobias Harila was a 4/7 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Ryan Shelley made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+120) with oddsmakers.