Leal vs Zawada

Who won Leal vs Zawada?

Carlos Leal beat David Zawada by during the main card of PFL 3, on Friday 14th April 2023 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Carlos Leal.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Leal vs Zawada stats

Carlos Leal stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

David Zawada made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.

The stats suggested Zawada had a large advantage in power over Leal, boosting at 65% knock out percentage over Leal's 35%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zawada had an advantage over Leal, with a 24% submission rate over Leal's 12%.

Carlos Leal was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Zawada had a height advantage of 1 inch over Leal.

Leal was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 13 years and 5 months earlier than Zawada, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 50 to Zawada's 47.

Leal vs Zawada form

Leal had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Sadibou Sy at PFL 2022 #8 on 13th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Ray Cooper at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chris Brown at PFL Challenger Series 8 on 8th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Universal Studios, Orlando.

Before that, he had beat Korey Kuppe at PFL Challenger Series 2 on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Orlando.

He had defeated Uyran Carlos at LFA 112 on 18th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Upper Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

Leal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Zawada's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Leal vs Zawada?

Carlos Leal was a 11/25 (-220) favourite going into the contest, while David Zawada made his way into the ring at 33/20 (+160) with oddsmakers.