Saputra vs Kingad

Who won Saputra vs Kingad?

Danny Kingad beat Eko Roni Saputra by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of ONE on Prime Video 7, on Friday 24th February 2023 at Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Danny Kingad.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Saputra vs Kingad stats

Eko Roni Saputra stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Danny Kingad made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Saputra had a large advantage in power over Kingad, boasting at 29% knock out percentage over Kingad's 7%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Saputra had a massive advantage over Kingad, boasting at 71% submission rate over Kingad's 14%.

Eko Roni Saputra was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

Kingad had a height advantage of 1 inch over Saputra.

Saputra was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 4 year and 1 month later than Kingad, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 36 less professional rounds, 11 to Kingad's 47.

Saputra vs Kingad form

Saputra had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Yodkaikaew Fairtex at ONE Championship 162 on 21st October 2022 by in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had defeated Chan Rothana at ONE Championship on 11th March 2022 by in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beat Peng Shuai Liu at ONE Championship – Battleground 2 on 13th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had won against Ramon Gonzales at ONE Championship – Inside the Matrix 2 on 6th November 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had beat Murugan Silvarajoo at ONE Championship – Reign of Dynasties on 9th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Danny Kingad had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kairat Akhmetov at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors 2 on 17th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, he had defeated Wei Xie at ONE Championship – Fire & Fury on 31st January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall Of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Demetrious Johnson at ONE Championship – Century – Part 1 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he had won against Reece McLaren at ONE Championship – Dawn of Heroes on 2nd August 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines.

He had defeated Tatsumitsu Wada at ONE Championship – Hero’s Ascent on 25th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mall of Asia Arena, Manila.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Eko Roni Saputra had been fighting more than Danny Kingad.

Going to this contest, Eko Roni Saputra had last fought 7 months and 10 days ago, while Danny Kingad's last outing had been 1 year, 5 months and 14 days ago.

Saputra's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Kingad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Saputra vs Kingad?

Eko Roni Saputra was a 17/20 (-120) favourite going into the contest, while Danny Kingad made his way into the ring at 17/20 (-120) with oddsmakers.