Who won Ward vs Kurtz?
Charlie Ward beat Kyle Kurtz by during the main card of Bellator 240, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at 3Arena in Dublin.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Charlie Ward.
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).
Ward vs Kurtz stats
Charlie Ward stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Kyle Kurtz made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out and 7 by submission.
The stats suggested Ward had a massive power advantage over Kurtz, boasting at 71% knock out percentage over Kurtz's 30%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kurtz had a massive advantage over Ward, boosting at 70% submission rate over Ward's 0%.
Charlie Ward was the younger man by 33 years, at years old.
Ward had 2-inch reach advantage.
Ward's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Kurtz's, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 months later than Kurtz, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 37 to Kurtz's 30.
Ward vs Kurtz form
Ward 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 lost to Mike Shipman at Bellator Dublin on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Fabian Edwards at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.
Going into that contest, he had won against Alan Carlos at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.
Before that, he had beat Andy Manzolo at Bellator Euro Series 9 on 3rd October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.
He had defeated Kyle Kurtz at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.
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Ward's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 1 month, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Ward vs Kurtz?
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