Charriere vs Souza

Who won Charriere vs Souza?

Morgan Charriere beat Pedro Souza by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 153, on Saturday 29th April 2023 at 3Arena in Dublin.

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

Charriere vs Souza stats

Morgan Charriere stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Pedro Souza made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

This was Morgan Charriere's 9th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Morgan Charriere's Cage Warriors record stood at 6-3-0, while Pedro Souza's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Charriere had a large advantage in power over Souza, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Souza's 24%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Souza had a massive advantage over Charriere, boasting a 71% submission rate over Charriere's 25%.

Morgan Charriere was the younger man by 7 years, at 29 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 1 inch over Charriere.

Charriere was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 8 months later than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 37 more professional rounds, 76 to Souza's 39.

Charriere vs Souza form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Daniel Bazant at Cage Warriors 147 on 20th November 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at BT Sport Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Paul Hughes at Cage Warriors 128 on 1st October 2021 by majority decision in their 5 round contest at York Hall, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Perry Andre Goodwin at Cage Warriors 119 on 12th December 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their championship fight at York Hall, London.

Before that, he had defeated Dean Trueman at Cage Warriors 109 on 26th October 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham.

He had been beaten by Soren Bak at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by majority decision in their 5 round contest at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Charriere's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Charriere vs Souza?

Morgan Charriere was a 1/9 (-910) favourite going into the contest, while Pedro Souza made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+540) with oddsmakers.