Diamond vs Barzola

Who won Diamond vs Barzola?

Enrique Barzola beat Tyler Diamond by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 9, on Friday 23rd August 2024 at The Anthem in Washington.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Enrique Barzola.

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).

Diamond vs Barzola stats

Tyler Diamond stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Enrique Barzola made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 9 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Tyler Diamond's 6th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Enrique Barzola marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Tyler Diamond's PFL record stood at 3-3-0, while Enrique Barzola's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Diamond had an advantage in power over Barzola, with a 36% knock out percentage over Barzola's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Barzola had a slight advantage over Diamond, with a 20% submission rate over Diamond's 14%.

Tyler Diamond was the younger man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Diamond was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 3 months later than Barzola, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 41 less professional rounds, 43 to Barzola's 84.

Diamond vs Barzola form

Tyler Diamond had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Brett Johns at PFL 6: 2024 Regular Season on 28th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Otto Rodrigues at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Movlid Khaybulaev at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Before that, he had been beaten by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had defeated Sung Bin Jo at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Enrique Barzola had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Timur Khizriev at PFL 6: 2024 Regular Season on 28th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Adam Borics at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Jaylon Bates at Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward on 11th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had won against Erik Perez at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had been beaten by Juan Archuleta at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Enrique Barzola had been fighting more than Tyler Diamond.

Going to this contest, Tyler Diamond had last fought 2 months and 11 days ago, while Enrique Barzola's last outing had been 2 months and 11 days ago.

Diamond's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Barzola's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What time did Diamond vs Barzola start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:45 PM UTC , which was 7:45 PM EST or 4:45 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:45 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Diamond vs Barzola?

Tyler Diamond was a 20/23 (-110) favourite going into the contest, while Enrique Barzola made his way into the ring at 10/11 (-110) with oddsmakers.