Tchamou vs Graca

Who won Tchamou vs Graca?

Carlos Graca beat Michael Tchamou by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of Cage Warriors 164, on Saturday 25th November 2023 at Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Tchamou vs Graca division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Tchamou vs Graca stats

Michael Tchamou stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Carlos Graca made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Michael Tchamou's 7th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Michael Tchamou's Cage Warriors record stood at 3-4-0, while Carlos Graca's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Tchamou had a massive power advantage over Graca, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Graca's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Tchamou and Graca would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Michael Tchamou was the older man by 33 years, at 33 years old.

Tchamou's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Graca's, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2021, 2 years and 10 months later than Graca, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 11 to Graca's 11.

Tchamou vs Graca form

Michael Tchamou had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Naglis Kanisauskas at Cage Warriors 151 on 24th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round at BT Sports Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Will Currie at Cage Warriors 147 on 20th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BT Sport Studio, London.

Going into that contest, he had won against Glenn Irvine at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, Belfast.

Before that, he had beaten Piotr Chmielecki at Cage Warriors 136 on 2nd April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

He had been defeated by Samir Kadi at Cage Warriors 131 on 10th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at London, England.

Activity check

Tchamou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tchamou vs Graca?

Michael Tchamou was a 8/15 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Carlos Graca made his way into the ring at 6/4 (+150) with oddsmakers.