Sheehan vs Richardson

Who won Sheehan vs Richardson?

James Sheehan beat Jamie Richardson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Cage Warriors 145, on Friday 4th November 2022 at Indigo at the O2 in London.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner James Sheehan.

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).

Sheehan vs Richardson stats

James Sheehan stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Jamie Richardson made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 8 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggested Richardson had a massive power advantage over Sheehan, boosting at 73% knock out percentage over Sheehan's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sheehan had a massive advantage over Richardson, boasting at 40% submission rate over Richardson's 9%.

James Sheehan was the younger man by 27 years, at years old.

Sheehan was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 year and 5 months later than Richardson, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 17 less professional rounds, 28 to Richardson's 45.

Sheehan vs Richardson form

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

In his last fight before 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 submission 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

Sheehan's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Richardson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Sheehan vs Richardson?

James Sheehan was a 3/5 (-170) favourite going into the contest, while Jamie Richardson made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+130) with oddsmakers.