Lencioni vs Smith

Who won Lencioni vs Smith?

Cris Lencioni beat Blake Smith by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of Bellator 294, on Friday 21st April 2023 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cris Lencioni.

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).

Lencioni vs Smith stats

Cris Lencioni stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws and 4 by submission.

Blake Smith made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Cris Lencioni's Bellator record stood at 6-2-0, while Blake Smith's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Smith had a large advantage in power over Lencioni, boasting a 29% knock out percentage over Lencioni's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lencioni had an advantage over Smith, with a 57% submission rate over Smith's 43%.

Cris Lencioni was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Lencioni's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Smith's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 months later than Smith, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 31 to Smith's 29.

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Lencioni's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 21 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 Lencioni vs Smith?

Cris Lencioni was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Blake Smith made his way into the ring at 1/1 (+100) with oddsmakers.