Stanton vs Currie

Who won Stanton vs Currie?

Mick Stanton beat Will Currie by during the main event of Cage Warriors 151, on Friday 24th March 2023 at BT Sports Studio in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Mick Stanton.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Stanton vs Currie stats

Mick Stanton stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Will Currie made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Mick Stanton's Cage Warriors record stood at 9-6-0, while Will Currie's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Stanton had an advantage in power over Currie, with a 33% knock out percentage over Currie's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Currie had a massive advantage over Stanton, boasting a 63% submission rate over Stanton's 11%.

Mick Stanton was the older man by 12 years, at 37 years old.

Stanton was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Currie, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 50 to Currie's 27.

Stanton vs Currie form

Stanton had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Will Currie at Cage Warriors 151 on 24th March 2023 by in the 5th round at BT Sports Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marcin Wojcik at PFL 2022 #8 on 13th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Darren Stewart at Cage Warriors 141 on 22nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, London, England.

Before that, he had defeated Alexis Fontes at Cage Warriors 136 on 2nd April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

He was victorious against George Smith at Cage Warriors 123 on 24th June 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at York Hall, London.

Currie had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Michael Tchamou at Cage Warriors 147 on 20th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BT Sport Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Naglis Kanisauskas at Cage Warriors 141 on 22nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Patrick Vallee at Cage Warriors 134 on 18th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he was victorious against Nikola Zlatev at Cage Warriors 131 on 10th December 2021 by submission in the 1st round at London, England.

He had been beaten by Christian Leroy Duncan at Cage Warriors 123 on 24th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Will Currie had been fighting more than Mick Stanton.

Going to this contest, Mick Stanton had last fought 1 year, 4 months and 1 day ago, while Will Currie's last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 5 days ago.

Stanton's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Currie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Stanton vs Currie?

Mick Stanton was a 3/1 (+300) underdog going into the contest, while Will Currie made his way into the ring at 2/9 (-450) with oddsmakers.