King vs Cruz

Who won King vs Cruz?

Aalon Cruz beat Bobby King by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 295, on Saturday 22nd April 2023 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Aalon Cruz.

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).

King vs Cruz stats

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

Aalon Cruz made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Bobby King's Bellator record stood at 3-3-0, while Aalon Cruz's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Cruz had an advantage in power over King, with a 40% knock out percentage over King's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested King had a large advantage over Cruz, boasting a 42% submission rate over Cruz's 20%.

Bobby King was the older man by 6 years, at 40 years old.

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

King was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 5 months later than Cruz, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 43 to Cruz's 35.

King vs Cruz form

King had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Aviv Gozali at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Shabliy at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Nick Newell at Bellator 260 on 11th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Westin Wilson at LFA 75 on 6th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maverik Center, West Valley City.

He had been beaten by Fabio Serrao at LFA 66 on 10th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Maverik Center, West Valley City.

Activity check

King's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on King vs Cruz?

Bobby King was a 4/5 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Aalon Cruz made his way into the ring at 10/11 (-110) with oddsmakers.