Riley vs Alexandre Junior

Who won Riley vs Alexandre Junior?

Luke Riley beat Alexandre Junior by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of Cage Warriors 178, on Saturday 21st September 2024 at BEC Arena in Manchester.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Riley vs Alexandre Junior stats

Luke Riley stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

Alexandre Junior will be making their debut in Cage Warriors.

Luke Riley's Cage Warriors record stood at 9-0-0.

The stats suggested Riley had a massive power advantage over Alexandre Junior, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Alexandre Junior's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Alexandre Junior had a massive advantage over Riley, boasting a 33% submission rate over Riley's 0%.

Luke Riley was the younger man by 30 years, at years old.

Riley was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 1 year earlier than Alexandre Junior, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 18 to Alexandre Junior's 16.

Riley vs Alexandre Junior form

Riley remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alexander Loof at Cage Warriors 160 – Manchester on 29th September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Matheus Malta at Cage Warriors 157 on 21st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo At The O2, London.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Kallum Parker at Cage Warriors 152 on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

Before that, he was victorious against Karol Kutyla at Cage Warriors 146 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Bec Arena, Manchester.

He had won against Cheriff Larossi at Cage Warriors 142 on 13th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at EBBW Vale Centre, Wales.

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Riley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Riley vs Alexandre Junior?

Luke Riley was a 1/12 (-1400) favourite going into the contest, while Alexandre Junior made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+600) with oddsmakers.