Bonner vs Stewart

Who won Bonner vs Stewart?

Darren Stewart beat Matthew Bonner by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Cage Warriors 156, on Saturday 1st July 2023 at Vale Sports Arena in Cardiff.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Darren Stewart.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Bonner vs Stewart stats

Matthew Bonner stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Darren Stewart made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Matthew Bonner's Cage Warriors record stood at 12-7-1, while Darren Stewart's came in at 8-3-0.

The stats suggested Stewart had a large advantage in power over Bonner, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Bonner's 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bonner had a large advantage over Stewart, boasting a 36% submission rate over Stewart's 7%.

Matthew Bonner was the same age as Darren Stewart, at 34 years old.

Bonner had a height advantage of 2 inches over Stewart.

Bonner's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Stewart's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 years and 11 months later than Stewart, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 67 to Stewart's 58.

Bonner vs Stewart form

Bonner had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Guilherme Cadena at Cage Warriors 151 on 24th March 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at BT Sports Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Alan Carlos at Cage Warriors 147 on 20th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at BT Sport Studio, London.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Oban Elliott at Cage Warriors 142 on 13th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at EBBW Vale Centre, Wales.

Before that, he had defeated Joel Kouadja at Cage Warriors 137 on 27th May 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Charter Hall, Colchester, England.

He was victorious against Hugo Pereira at Cage Warriors 135 on 1st April 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Darren Stewart had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Guilherme Cadena at Cage Warriors 148 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Mick Stanton at Cage Warriors 141 on 22nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Dustin Jacoby at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Eryk Anders at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

His fight against Eryk Anders at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Matthew Bonner had been fighting more than Darren Stewart.

Going to this contest, Matthew Bonner had last fought 2 years, 1 month and 13 days ago, while Darren Stewart's last outing had been 2 years, 4 months and 6 days ago.

Bonner's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Stewart's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Bonner vs Stewart?

Matthew Bonner was a 13/10 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Darren Stewart made his way into the ring at 8/13 (-160) with oddsmakers.