Primus vs Wilde

Who won Primus vs Wilde?

Brent Primus beat Tim Wilde by submission in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator Birmingham, on Saturday 4th May 2019 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Brent Primus.

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).

Primus vs Wilde stats

Brent Primus stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Tim Wilde made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Brent Primus' 14th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in September 2013.

Brent Primus' Bellator record stood at 10-3-0, while Tim Wilde's came in at 5-2-1.

The stats suggested Wilde had a large advantage in power over Primus, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Primus' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Primus had a massive advantage over Wilde, boasting a 50% submission rate over Wilde's 8%.

Brent Primus was the older man by 3 years, at 39 years old.

Wilde had a height advantage of 1 inch over Primus. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Primus was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Wilde, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 39 to Wilde's 49.

Primus vs Wilde form

Brent Primus had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Benson Henderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Islam Mamedov at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Bungard at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had defeated Tim Wilde at Bellator Birmingham on 4th May 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Michael Chandler at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Activity check

Primus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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