Jones vs Liasse

Who won Jones vs Liasse?

Mason Jones beat Yann Liasse by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of Cage Warriors 161 – Dublin, on Saturday 14th October 2023 at 3Arena in Dublin.

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).

Jones vs Liasse stats

Mason Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Yann Liasse made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Mason Jones' Cage Warriors record stood at 12-0-0, while Yann Liasse's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Jones had a massive power advantage over Liasse, boasting a 42% knock out percentage over Liasse's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Liasse had a massive advantage over Jones, boasting a 67% submission rate over Jones' 25%.

Mason Jones was the older man by 29 years, at 29 years old.

Liasse had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jones. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Jones was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 7 months earlier than Liasse, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 37 to Liasse's 22.

Jones vs Liasse form

Jones had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alexandre Ribeiro at Cage Warriors 158 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ludovit Klein at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten David Onama at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, his fight against Alan Patrick at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 ended in a no contest.

He had defeated Adam Proctor at Cage Warriors 116 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Cage Warriors Welterweight championship fight at BEC Arena, Manchester, England.

Activity check

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Jones vs Liasse?

Mason Jones was a 1/5 (-500) favourite going into the contest, while Yann Liasse made his way into the ring at 10/3 (+330) with oddsmakers.