McBain vs Dias

Who won McBain vs Dias?

Paull McBain beat Alberth Dias by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of Cage Warriors 171, on Saturday 20th April 2024 at Braehead Arena in Glasgow.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

McBain vs Dias stats

Paull McBain stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

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

This was Paull McBain's 9th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Alberth Dias marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Paull McBain's Cage Warriors record stood at 6-3-0, while Alberth Dias' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested McBain had a massive power advantage over Dias, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Dias' 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dias had a slight advantage over McBain, with a 17% submission rate over McBain's 14%.

Paull McBain was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

McBain had a height advantage of 4 inches over Dias.

McBain was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 2 months later than Dias, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 21 to Dias' 33.

McBain vs Dias form

Paull McBain had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alberth Dias at Cage Warriors 171 on 20th April 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Braehead Arena, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Federico Pasquali at Cage Warriors 135 on 1st April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Konmon Deh at Cage Warriors 132 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at London, England.

Before that, he had been beaten by James Hendin at Cage Warriors 125 on 26th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

He had been defeated by Aiden Lee at Cage Warriors 98 on 20th October 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Genting Arena, Birmingham, England.

Activity check

McBain's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Dias' last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on McBain vs Dias?

Paull McBain was a 21/20 (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Alberth Dias made his way into the ring at 8/11 (-130) with oddsmakers.