Kouadja vs Bonner

Who won Kouadja vs Bonner?

Matthew Bonner beat Joel Kouadja by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of Cage Warriors 137, on Friday 27th May 2022 at Charter Hall in Colchester.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Kouadja vs Bonner division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Kouadja vs Bonner stats

Joel Kouadja stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Matthew Bonner made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Joel Kouadja's Cage Warriors record stood at 0-1-0, while Matthew Bonner's came in at 12-7-1.

The stats suggested Bonner had a large advantage in power over Kouadja, boasting a 27% knock out percentage over Kouadja's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bonner had a massive advantage over Kouadja, boasting a 36% submission rate over Kouadja's 0%.

Joel Kouadja was the younger man by 33 years, at years old.

Kouadja was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 7 years and 2 months earlier than Bonner, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 39 less professional rounds, 28 to Bonner's 67.

Kouadja vs Bonner form

Matthew Bonner had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Hugo Pereira at Cage Warriors 135 on 1st April 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Djati Melan at Cage Warriors 131 on 10th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their Cage Warriors Middleweight championship fight at London, England.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Nathias Frederick at Cage Warriors 123 on 24th June 2021 by submission in the 4th round in their Cage Warriors Middleweight championship fight at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Matt Inman at Cage Warriors 118 on 11th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London, England.

He had been beaten by Madars Fleminas at Cage Warriors 101 on 16th February 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Exhibition Centre, Liverpool.

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Bonner's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 1 month. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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