Stewart vs Zovak

Who won Stewart vs Zovak?

Darren Stewart beat Antonio Zovak by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 164, on Saturday 25th November 2023 at Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Stewart vs Zovak stats

Darren Stewart stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Antonio Zovak made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Darren Stewart's Cage Warriors record stood at 8-3-0, while Antonio Zovak's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Zovak had a massive power advantage over Stewart, boasting a 89% knock out percentage over Stewart's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zovak had a slight advantage over Stewart, with a 11% submission rate over Stewart's 7%.

Darren Stewart was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.

Stewart was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 8 months earlier than Zovak, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 39 more professional rounds, 58 to Zovak's 19.

Stewart vs Zovak form

Stewart had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Matthew Bonner at Cage Warriors 156 on 1st July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Vale Sports Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Leon Aliu at Cage Warriors 154 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Guilherme Cadena at Cage Warriors 148 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had lost to Mick Stanton at Cage Warriors 141 on 22nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, London, England.

He had been beaten by Dustin Jacoby at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

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Stewart's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Stewart vs Zovak?

Darren Stewart was a 1/14 (-1400) favourite going into the contest, while Antonio Zovak made his way into the ring at 13/2 (+650) with oddsmakers.