Currie vs Bueno

Who won Currie vs Bueno?

Will Currie beat Jorge Bueno by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of Cage Warriors 157, on Friday 21st July 2023 at Indigo At The O2 in London.

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).

Currie vs Bueno stats

Will Currie stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jorge Bueno made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Will Currie's 11th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Jorge Bueno marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Will Currie's Cage Warriors record stood at 8-3-0, while Jorge Bueno's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Bueno had a massive power advantage over Currie, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Currie's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Currie had a massive advantage over Bueno, boasting a 56% submission rate over Bueno's 17%.

Will Currie was the younger man by 9 years, at 26 years old.

Currie was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 1 year and 7 months later than Bueno, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 30 to Bueno's 28.

Currie vs Bueno form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Mick Stanton at Cage Warriors 151 on 24th March 2023 by in the 5th round at BT Sports Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Michael Tchamou at Cage Warriors 147 on 20th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BT Sport Studio, London.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Naglis Kanisauskas at Cage Warriors 141 on 22nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, London, England.

Before that, he had defeated Patrick Vallee at Cage Warriors 134 on 18th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, London, United Kingdom.

He was victorious against Nikola Zlatev at Cage Warriors 131 on 10th December 2021 by submission in the 1st round at London, England.

Activity check

Currie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Currie vs Bueno?

Will Currie was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Jorge Bueno made his way into the ring at 18/5 (+360) with oddsmakers.