Higo vs Alves

Who won Higo vs Alves?

Marciley Alves beat Leandro Higo by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 11th April 2025 at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marciley Alves.

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).

Higo vs Alves stats

Leandro Higo stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Marciley Alves made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Leandro Higo's 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Marciley Alves marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Leandro Higo's PFL record stood at 0-1-0, while Marciley Alves' came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Alves had a massive power advantage over Higo, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Higo's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Higo had a massive advantage over Alves, boasting a 57% submission rate over Alves' 0%.

Leandro Higo was the older man by 11 years, at 36 years old.

Higo had a height advantage of 4 inches over Alves.

Higo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 11 years and 4 months earlier than Alves, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 66 to Alves' 33.

Higo vs Alves form

Leandro Higo had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against James Gallagher at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast on 22nd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Nikita Mikhailov at Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward on 11th August 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Danny Sabatello at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He was victorious against Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 249 on 15th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Higo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Alves' last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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