Wasuk vs Strazzella

Who won Wasuk vs Strazzella?

Ali Wasuk beat Mitch Strazzella by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of BFL 76, on Thursday 30th March 2023 at Harbour Convention Centre in Vancouver.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ali Wasuk.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Wasuk vs Strazzella stats

Ali Wasuk stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

Mitch Strazzella made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Strazzella had a massive power advantage over Wasuk, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Wasuk's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Wasuk had a massive advantage over Strazzella, boasting a 50% submission rate over Strazzella's 0%.

Ali Wasuk was the younger man by 30 years, at years old.

Wasuk was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 1 year and 6 months later than Strazzella, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 29 to Strazzella's 16.

Wasuk vs Strazzella form

Ali Wasuk had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Josh Kwiatkowski at BFL 78 on 19th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Harbour Event & Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had lost to Serhiy Sidey at BFL 77 on 9th June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their BFL Bantamweight championship fight at Harbour Event & Convention Center, Vancouver.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mitch Strazzella at BFL 76 on 30th March 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver.

Before that, he had defeated Oguzhan Yalcin at BFL 73 on 7th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC.

He had been beaten by Serhiy Sidey at BFL 70 on 3rd December 2021 by submission in the 4th round in their BFL Bantamweight championship fight at Vancouver, Canada.

Strazzella had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Mani El-Hefnawi at BFL 77 on 9th June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Harbour Event & Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Ali Wasuk at BFL 76 on 30th March 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Austin Russell at BFL 75 on 1st December 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver.

Before that, he had been defeated by Matty Hovorka at BFL 72 on 28th April 2022 by submission at Harbour Convention Centre, Vancouver.

He had won against JR Cuevas at BFL 68 on 30th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest in Western Canada.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Ali Wasuk had been fighting more than Mitch Strazzella.

Going to this contest, Ali Wasuk had last fought 5 months and 30 days ago, while Mitch Strazzella's last outing had been 10 months and 9 days ago.

Wasuk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Strazzella's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Wasuk vs Strazzella?

Ali Wasuk was a 4/9 (-240) favourite going into the contest, while Mitch Strazzella made his way into the ring at 7/4 (+180) with oddsmakers.