Verdinez vs Ba

Who won Verdinez vs Ba?

Santos Verdinez beat Pierre Ba by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of LFA 157, on Friday 21st April 2023 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Santos Verdinez.

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

Verdinez vs Ba stats

Santos Verdinez stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 1 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Pierre Ba made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 1 win, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

This was Santos Verdinez's 4th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Santos Verdinez's LFA record stood at 4-0-0, while Pierre Ba's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested that Verdinez and Ba have similar power, both with a 100% knock out percentage.

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

Santos Verdinez was the younger man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Verdinez had a height advantage of 3 inches over Ba.

Verdinez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Ba, whose first professional fight was in 2022. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 14 to Ba's 5.

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Verdinez's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Verdinez vs Ba?

Santos Verdinez was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Pierre Ba made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.