Markes vs Sowma

Who won Markes vs Sowma?

Said Sowma beat Ronny Markes by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of Bellator 262, on Friday 16th July 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Markes vs Sowma stats

Ronny Markes stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Said Sowma made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ronny Markes' Bellator record stood at 0-2-0, while Said Sowma's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Sowma had an advantage in power over Markes, with a 50% knock out percentage over Markes' 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Markes had a slight advantage over Sowma, with a 26% submission rate over Sowma's 17%.

Ronny Markes was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Markes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Sowma. Despite this, Sowma had 1-inch reach advantage.

Markes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 11 years and 2 months earlier than Sowma, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 58 to Sowma's 33.

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Markes' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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