James vs Saricam

Who won James vs Saricam?

Gokhan Saricam beat Daniel James by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 297, on Friday 16th June 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Gokhan Saricam.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

James vs Saricam stats

Daniel James stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 6 loses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Gokhan Saricam made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested James had a slight advantage in power over Saricam, with a 73% knock out percentage over Saricam's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested James had a slight advantage over Saricam, with a 20% submission rate over Saricam's 13%.

Daniel James was the older man by 42 years, at 42 years old.

James had a height advantage of 3 inches over Saricam. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

James was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 10 year and 1 month later than Saricam, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 51 to Saricam's 21.

James vs Saricam form

Daniel James had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gokhan Saricam at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Marcelo Golm at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Going into that contest, he had beat Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Before that, he had been beaten by Brett Martin at LFA 77 on 27th September 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

He had won against Patrick Martin at LFA 67 on 24th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Branson Convention Center, Branson.

Activity check

James' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Saricam's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on James vs Saricam?

Daniel James was a 19/20 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Gokhan Saricam made his way into the ring at 10/13 (-130) with oddsmakers.