McLaren vs Wada

Who won McLaren vs Wada?

Reece McLaren beat Tatsumitsu Wada by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of ONE Championship – Battle for the Heavens, on Saturday 7th July 2018 at Guangzhou Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Reece McLaren.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

McLaren vs Wada stats

Reece McLaren stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Tatsumitsu Wada made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 8 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Reece McLaren's 17th fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015. Tatsumitsu Wada marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Reece McLaren's One Championship record stood at 11-6-0, while Tatsumitsu Wada's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Wada had a slight advantage in power over McLaren, with a 26% knock out percentage over McLaren's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McLaren had a massive advantage over Wada, boasting a 64% submission rate over Wada's 21%.

Reece McLaren was the younger man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Wada had a height advantage of 1 inch over McLaren.

McLaren was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 2 years and 10 months later than Wada, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 32 less professional rounds, 64 to Wada's 96.

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McLaren's last 2 fights had come over a period of 9 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 8 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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