Awad vs Ambrose

Who won Awad vs Ambrose?

Saad Awad beat JJ Ambrose by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 193, on Friday 26th January 2018 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Saad Awad.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Awad vs Ambrose stats

Saad Awad stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

JJ Ambrose made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 16 by submission.

Saad Awad's Bellator record stood at 12-11-0, while JJ Ambrose's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Awad had a large advantage in power over Ambrose, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Ambrose's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ambrose had a large advantage over Awad, boasting a 57% submission rate over Awad's 33%.

Saad Awad was the older man by 4 years, at 41 years old.

Awad had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ambrose. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Awad was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2006, 4 months later than Ambrose, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 64 to Ambrose's 86.

Awad vs Ambrose form

Awad had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, his fight against Mandel Nallo at Bellator 249 on 15th October 2020 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, he had lost to Paul Daley at Bellator 232 on 26th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

Before that, he had been defeated by Brandon Girtz at Bellator 219 on 29th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

He had lost to Benson Henderson at Bellator 208 on 13th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

Awad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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