Blair vs Sanders

Who won Blair vs Sanders?

Chasen Blair beat Orlando Sanders by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 166, on Friday 23rd February 2024 at Sycuan Casino Resort in San Diego.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Blair vs Sanders stats

Chasen Blair stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Orlando Sanders made his way to the cage with a record of 1 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

This was Chasen Blair's 8th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Chasen Blair's Cage Warriors record stood at 6-2-0, while Orlando Sanders' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Blair had a massive power advantage over Sanders, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Sanders' 0%.

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

Chasen Blair was the same age as Orlando Sanders, at years old.

Blair was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in , 6 years and 7 months earlier than Sanders, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 13 to Sanders' 7.

Blair vs Sanders form

Chasen Blair had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ahmad Suhail Hassanzada at Cage Warriors 165: Hernandez vs. Jones on 15th December 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Helio Hernandez at Cage Warriors 148 on 31st December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jeffrey Craig at Cage Warriors 143 on 23rd September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Humphrey's by The Bay, San Diego, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Kona Oliveira at Cage Warriors 139 on 10th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Humphreys By The Bay, San Diego.

He had defeated Ricky Moore at Cage Warriors 136 on 2nd April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Blair's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Blair vs Sanders?

Chasen Blair was a 13/25 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Orlando Sanders made his way into the ring at 11/8 (+140) with oddsmakers.