Law vs Pontes

Who won Law vs Pontes?

Cody Law beat Jefferson Pontes by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 301, on Friday 17th November 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cody Law.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Law vs Pontes stats

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

Jefferson Pontes made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 6 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Cody Law's Bellator record stood at 8-2-0, while Jefferson Pontes' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Pontes had a massive power advantage over Law, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Law's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pontes had a massive advantage over Law, boasting a 33% submission rate over Law's 0%.

Cody Law was the older man by 2 years, at 29 years old.

Law had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pontes.

Law was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 1 year and 1 month later than Pontes, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 22 to Pontes' 14.

Law vs Pontes form

Law 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 Edwin Chavez 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 lost to Cris Lencioni at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by James Gonzalez at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten James Adcock at Bellator 276 on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The Family Arena, St. Louis.

He had defeated Colton Hamm at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood.

Activity check

Law's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 28 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 Law vs Pontes?

Cody Law was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Jefferson Pontes made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.