Stewart vs Cadena

Who won Stewart vs Cadena?

Darren Stewart beat Guilherme Cadena by during the main card of Cage Warriors 148, on Saturday 31st December 2022 at Indigo at the O2 in London.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Darren Stewart.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Stewart vs Cadena stats

Darren Stewart stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 9 loses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Guilherme Cadena made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 18 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 20 by submission.

The stats suggested Stewart had a massive power advantage over Cadena, boasting at 58% knock out percentage over Cadena's 4%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cadena had a massive advantage over Stewart, boosting at 83% submission rate over Stewart's 8%.

Darren Stewart was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Stewart had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cadena. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Stewart was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 9 months later than Cadena, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 55 to Cadena's 69.

Stewart vs Cadena form

Darren Stewart had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Dustin Jacoby at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Eryk Anders at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Eryk Anders at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Maki Pitolo at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by split decision in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Stewart's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 18 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 Stewart vs Cadena?

Darren Stewart was a 6/25 (-420) favourite going into the contest, while Guilherme Cadena made his way into the ring at 13/5 (+260) with oddsmakers.