Sousa vs Wilde

Who won Sousa vs Wilde?

Manoel Sousa beat Tim Wilde by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator Champions Series, on Friday 22nd March 2024 at SSE Arena in Belfast.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Sousa vs Wilde stats

Manoel Sousa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Tim Wilde made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Manoel Sousa's 2nd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Tim Wilde marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Manoel Sousa's Bellator record stood at 1-1-0, while Tim Wilde's came in at 5-3-1.

The stats suggested Sousa had an advantage in power over Wilde, with a 60% knock out percentage over Wilde's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sousa had a large advantage over Wilde, boasting a 30% submission rate over Wilde's 6%.

Manoel Sousa was the younger man by 10 years, at 27 years old.

Wilde had a height advantage of 2 inches over Sousa. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Sousa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 6 years and 2 months later than Wilde, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 31 less professional rounds, 21 to Wilde's 52.

Sousa vs Wilde form

Wilde had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mike Hamel at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chris Gonzalez at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Saul Rogers at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Before that, he had drawn with Alfie Davis at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

He was victorious against Yves Landu at Bellator London on 1st October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Activity check

Wilde's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Sousa vs Wilde?

Manoel Sousa was a 5/6 (-120) favourite going into the contest, while Tim Wilde made his way into the ring at 10/11 (-110) with oddsmakers.