Martignoni vs Bring

Who won Martignoni vs Bring?

Michele Martignoni beat Raz Bring by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 167, on Friday 15th March 2024 at BEC Arena in Manchester.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Martignoni vs Bring stats

Michele Martignoni stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Raz Bring made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Michele Martignoni's 8th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Michele Martignoni's Cage Warriors record stood at 4-3-0, while Raz Bring's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Bring had an advantage in power over Martignoni, with a 43% knock out percentage over Martignoni's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martignoni had a slight advantage over Bring, with a 38% submission rate over Bring's 29%.

Michele Martignoni was the same age as Raz Bring, at 28 years old.

Martignoni had a height advantage of 3 inches over Bring.

Martignoni was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year later than Bring, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 33 to Bring's 27.

Martignoni vs Bring form

Michele Martignoni had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Shajidul Haque at Cage Warriors 158 on 29th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

Previous to that, he had won against Dominique Wooding at Cage Warriors 144 on 7th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Scott Malone at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Before that, his fight against Adam Amarasinghe at Cage Warriors 128 on 1st October 2021 ended in a no contest.

He had defeated Weslley Maia at Cage Warriors 117 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London.

Activity check

Martignoni's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Martignoni vs Bring?

Michele Martignoni was a 2/11 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Raz Bring made his way into the ring at 7/2 (+370) with oddsmakers.