Platon vs Castaneda

Who won Platon vs Castaneda?

Gerico Platon beat Arturo Reyes Castaneda by technical knockout in the 1st round during the main card of BFL 79, on Thursday 8th February 2024 at Harbour Event & Convention Center in Vancouver.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Platon vs Castaneda stats

Gerico Platon stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Arturo Reyes Castaneda made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Platon had a massive power advantage over Castaneda, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Castaneda's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Castaneda had a massive advantage over Platon, boasting a 67% submission rate over Platon's 33%.

Gerico Platon was the same age as Arturo Reyes Castaneda, at years old.

Platon's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Castaneda's, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2021, 10 months earlier than Castaneda, whose first professional fight was in 2022. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 8 to Castaneda's 9.

Platon vs Castaneda form

Platon had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jose Penaloza at BFL 78 on 19th October 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Harbour Event & Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had lost to Austin Russell at BFL 70 on 3rd December 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Vancouver.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Serhiy Sidey at BFL 68 on 30th September 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their BFL Bantamweight championship fight in Western Canada.

Before that, he had beaten Matty Hovorka at BFL 67 on 4th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round in Canada.

He had defeated Tylor Nicholson at BFL 66 on 19th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Vancouver.

Activity check

Platon's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Platon vs Castaneda?

Gerico Platon was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Arturo Reyes Castaneda made his way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.