Who won Medeiros vs Leary?
Yancy Medeiros beat Charlie Leary by submission in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 295, on Saturday 22nd April 2023 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).
Medeiros vs Leary stats
Yancy Medeiros stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.
Charlie Leary made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 13 loses and 1 draw, with 10 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.
The stats suggested Leary had a slight advantage in power over Medeiros, with a 59% knock out percentage over Medeiros' 53%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Medeiros had an advantage over Leary, with a 27% submission rate over Leary's 12%.
Yancy Medeiros was the younger man by 5 years, at 36 years old.
Leary had a height advantage of 2 inches over Medeiros. Despite this, he had 3-inch reach advantage.
Medeiros was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Leary, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 49 to Leary's 70.
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Medeiros' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Medeiros vs Leary?
Yancy Medeiros was a 3/10 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Charlie Leary made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+260) with oddsmakers.
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