Who won Jones vs Ribeiro?
Mason Jones beat Alexandre Ribeiro by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 158, on Saturday 29th July 2023 at Fiera Roma in Rome.
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 Ribeiro stats
Mason Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Alexandre Ribeiro made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.
Mason Jones' Cage Warriors record stood at 12-0-0, while Alexandre Ribeiro's came in at 0-1-0.
The stats suggested Ribeiro had a slight advantage in power over Jones, with a 40% knock out percentage over Jones' 36%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had a slight advantage over Ribeiro, with a 27% submission rate over Ribeiro's 25%.
Mason Jones was the younger man by 3 years, at 29 years old.
Ribeiro had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jones. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Jones was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 4 years and 5 months later than Ribeiro, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 37 to Ribeiro's 60.
Jones vs Ribeiro form
Jones had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yann Liasse at Cage Warriors 161 – Dublin on 14th October 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.
Previous to that, he had beaten Alexandre Ribeiro at Cage Warriors 158 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.
Going into that contest, 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.
Before that, he had defeated 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.
His fight against Alan Patrick at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 ended in a no contest.
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Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Jones vs Ribeiro?
Mason Jones was a 1/12 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Alexandre Ribeiro made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.
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