Wallace vs Valente

Who won Wallace vs Valente?

Randall Wallace beat Renato Valente by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of LFA 192, on Friday 13th September 2024 at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Randall Wallace.

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).

Wallace vs Valente stats

Randall Wallace stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Renato Valente made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Randall Wallace's LFA record stood at 1-0-0, while Renato Valente's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Wallace had an advantage in power over Valente, with a 45% knock out percentage over Valente's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Wallace had an advantage over Valente, with a 45% submission rate over Valente's 33%.

Randall Wallace was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Valente had a height advantage of 1 inch over Wallace. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Wallace was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Valente, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 56 to Valente's 38.

Wallace vs Valente form

Valente had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Daniel Compton at LFA 165 on 18th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kaiser Permanente Arena, Santa Cruz, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Azamat Bekoev at LFA 152 on 10th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jared Revel at LFA 144 on 14th October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had been beaten by Josh Fremd at LFA 116 on 22nd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Dobson Arena, Vail.

He had defeated Chibwikem Onyenegecha at LFA 110 on 2nd July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Grand Hotel Casino & Resort, Shawnee.

Activity check

Wallace's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Valente's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Wallace vs Valente start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:40 AM UTC , which was 11:40 PM EST or 8:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Wallace vs Valente?

Randall Wallace was a 6/5 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Renato Valente made his way into the ring at 8/13 (-180) with oddsmakers.