Wasuk vs Zelada

Who won Wasuk vs Zelada?

Ali Wasuk beat Rick Zelada by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of BFL 83, on Thursday 17th April 2025 at Harbour Event & Convention Centre in Vancouver.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Wasuk vs Zelada stats

Ali Wasuk stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws and 5 by submission.

Rick Zelada made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Zelada had an advantage in power over Wasuk, with a 20% knock out percentage over Wasuk's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Wasuk had a massive advantage over Zelada, boasting a 56% submission rate over Zelada's 0%.

Ali Wasuk was the same age as Rick Zelada, at years old.

Zelada had a height advantage of 3 inches over Wasuk.

Wasuk was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Zelada, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 38 to Zelada's 20.

Wasuk vs Zelada form

Ali Wasuk had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Christian Strong at BFL 82 on 23rd January 2025 by knockout in the 4th round in their BFL Bantamweight championship fight at Harbour Event & Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had won against Cristhian Rivas at BFL 80 on 9th May 2024 by submission in the 4th round at Harbour Event & Convention Centre, Vancouver.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tyler Wilson at BFL 79 on 8th February 2024 by submission in the 3rd round in their BFL Bantamweight championship fight at Harbour Event & Convention Center, Vancouver.

Before that, he had defeated Josh Kwiatkowski at BFL 78 on 19th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Harbour Event & Convention Centre, Vancouver.

He had been beaten by Serhiy Sidey at BFL 77 on 9th June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their BFL Bantamweight championship fight at Harbour Event & Convention Center, Vancouver.

Activity check

Wasuk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What time did Wasuk vs Zelada 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 Wasuk vs Zelada?

Ali Wasuk was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Rick Zelada made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.