McGrillen-Evans vs Maia

Who won McGrillen-Evans vs Maia?

Weslley Maia beat Lewis McGrillen-Evans by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL Europe 4, on Friday 8th December 2023 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Weslley Maia.

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).

McGrillen-Evans vs Maia stats

Lewis McGrillen-Evans stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Weslley Maia made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Lewis McGrillen-Evans' PFL record stood at 2-1-0, while Weslley Maia's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested McGrillen-Evans had a massive power advantage over Maia, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Maia's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Maia had a large advantage over McGrillen-Evans, boasting a 25% submission rate over McGrillen-Evans' 0%.

Lewis McGrillen-Evans was the older man by 23 years, at 23 years old.

Maia had a height advantage of 1 inch over McGrillen-Evans.

McGrillen-Evans was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 7 years and 11 months later than Maia, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 17 less professional rounds, 12 to Maia's 29.

McGrillen-Evans vs Maia form

Maia had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Shirzad Qadrian at Cage Warriors 157 on 21st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo At The O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Bogdan Barbu at Cage Warriors 150 on 17th March 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Indigo at The O2, London.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Rory Evans at Cage Warriors 127 on 30th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London, England.

Before that, he had been beaten by Michele Martignoni at Cage Warriors 117 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London.

He had defeated Adam Wilson at Cage Warriors 115 on 25th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

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McGrillen-Evans' last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 1 month and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Maia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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