Trabelsi vs Sutherland

Who won Trabelsi vs Sutherland?

Slim Trabelsi beat Louie Sutherland by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator Champions Series, on Friday 17th May 2024 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Slim Trabelsi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Trabelsi vs Sutherland stats

Slim Trabelsi stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Louie Sutherland made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Slim Trabelsi's 2nd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Louie Sutherland marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Slim Trabelsi's Bellator record stood at 2-0-0, while Louie Sutherland's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Sutherland had a massive power advantage over Trabelsi, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Trabelsi's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Trabelsi and Sutherland would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Slim Trabelsi was the older man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Trabelsi's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Sutherland's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Sutherland, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 15 to Sutherland's 16.

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Sutherland's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Trabelsi vs Sutherland?

Slim Trabelsi was a 2/11 (-560) favourite going into the contest, while Louie Sutherland made his way into the ring at 10/3 (+330) with oddsmakers.