Fuller vs Frunza

Who won Fuller vs Frunza?

Daniel Frunza beat Jalin Fuller by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of LFA 164, on Friday 4th August 2023 at Southwest University Park in El Paso.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Fuller vs Frunza stats

Jalin Fuller stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Daniel Frunza made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Jalin Fuller's LFA record stood at 6-4-0, while Daniel Frunza's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Frunza had a massive power advantage over Fuller, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Fuller's 43%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fuller had a massive advantage over Frunza, boasting a 43% submission rate over Frunza's 0%.

Jalin Fuller was the younger man by 30 years, at years old.

Fuller had a height advantage of 1 inch over Frunza.

Fuller was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 10 months later than Frunza, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 22 to Frunza's 17.

Fuller vs Frunza form

Jalin Fuller had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Trey Waters at LFA 156 on 14th April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their LFA Welterweight championship fight at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Scott Writz at LFA 150 on 13th January 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Myktybek Orolbay Uulu at LFA 131 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Oshkosh Arena, Oshkosh.

Before that, he had beaten Gage Saunders at LFA 130 on 22nd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at 4 Bears Casino & Lodge, New Town.

He had been defeated by Bruno Assis at LFA 120 on 10th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Activity check

Fuller's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Fuller vs Frunza?

Jalin Fuller was a 2/7 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Daniel Frunza made his way into the ring at 12/5 (+240) with oddsmakers.