Souza vs Johns

Who won Souza vs Johns?

Bruno Souza beat Elijah Johns by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of LFA 102, on Friday 19th March 2021 at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Bruno Souza.

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).

Souza vs Johns stats

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

Elijah Johns made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out.

Bruno Souza's LFA record stood at 5-0-0, while Elijah Johns' came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Johns had a large advantage in power over Souza, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Souza's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Souza had a large advantage over Johns, boasting a 25% submission rate over Johns' 0%.

Bruno Souza was the older man by 28 years, at 28 years old.

Johns had a height advantage of 2 inches over Souza. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Souza was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 11 months earlier than Johns, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 37 to Johns' 34.

Souza vs Johns form

Elijah Johns had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Javier Garcia at LFA 163 on 21st July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at Bell County Expo Center, Belton, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Masuto Kawana at LFA 138 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Grand Hotel Casino & Resort, Shawnee.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Brandon Phillips at LFA 121 on 14th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Factory in Deep Ellum, Dallas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Bruno Souza at LFA 102 on 19th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

He had defeated Luke Faultersack at LFA 93 on 16th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

Souza's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Johns' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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