Richardson vs Burlinson

Who won Richardson vs Burlinson?

Justin Burlinson beat Jamie Richardson by submission in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Cage Warriors 150, on Friday 17th March 2023 at Indigo at The O2 in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Richardson vs Burlinson stats

Jamie Richardson stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Justin Burlinson made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 2 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Richardson had a massive power advantage over Burlinson, boasting at 73% knock out percentage over Burlinson's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Burlinson had a massive advantage over Richardson, boosting at 71% submission rate over Richardson's 9%.

Jamie Richardson was the same age as Justin Burlinson, at 26 years old.

Burlinson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Richardson.

Richardson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Burlinson, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 42 to Burlinson's 17.

Richardson vs Burlinson form

Richardson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to James Sheehan at Cage Warriors 145 on 4th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Leonardo Damiani at Cage Warriors 132 on 11th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at London, England.

Going into that contest, he had beat Alessandro Botti at Cage Warriors 129 on 2nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had been beaten by Nathias Frederick at Cage Warriors 118 on 11th December 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Middleweight championship fight at York Hall, London.

He had won against Phill Wells at Cage Warriors 104 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Viola Arena, Cardiff, Wales.

Activity check

Richardson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Burlinson's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Richardson vs Burlinson?

Jamie Richardson was a 16/5 (+320) underdog going into the contest, while Justin Burlinson made his way into the ring at 1/5 (-500) with oddsmakers.