Braga vs Kennedy

Who won Braga vs Kennedy?

Gabriel Alves Braga beat Jeremy Kennedy by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2024 Championships, on Friday 29th November 2024 at The Mayadeen in Riyadh.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gabriel Alves Braga.

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).

Braga vs Kennedy stats

Gabriel Alves Braga stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jeremy Kennedy made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Gabriel Alves Braga's 10th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Jeremy Kennedy marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Gabriel Alves Braga's PFL record stood at 8-2-0, while Jeremy Kennedy's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Braga had an advantage in power over Kennedy, with a 50% knock out percentage over Kennedy's 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kennedy had an advantage over Braga, with a 11% submission rate over Braga's 0%.

Gabriel Alves Braga was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Kennedy had a height advantage of 1 inch over Braga.

Braga was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 11 years and 11 months earlier than Kennedy, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 40 to Kennedy's 63.

Braga vs Kennedy form

Braga had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Timur Khizriev at PFL 9: 2024 Playoffs on 23rd August 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Bubba Jenkins at PFL 6: 2024 Regular Season on 28th June 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Justin Gonzales at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Before that, he had been beaten by Jesus Pinedo at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at The Anthem, Washington.

He had defeated Chris Wade at PFL 7 on 4th August 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Kennedy had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast on 22nd March 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Pedro Carvalho at Bellator Dublin on 24th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin.

Going into that contest, he had won against Aaron Pico at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had lost to Adam Borics at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Gabriel Alves Braga had been fighting more than Jeremy Kennedy.

Going to this contest, Gabriel Alves Braga had last fought 8 months and 25 days ago, while Jeremy Kennedy's last outing had been 1 year, 1 month and 26 days ago.

Braga's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Kennedy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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