Daley vs Awad

Who won Daley vs Awad?

Paul Daley beat Saad Awad by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of Bellator 232, on Saturday 26th October 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the 175 Catchweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

Daley vs Awad stats

Paul Daley stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Saad Awad made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Paul Daley's Bellator record stood at 10-5-0, while Saad Awad's came in at 12-11-0.

The stats suggested Awad had a massive power advantage over Daley, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Daley's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Awad had a large advantage over Daley, boasting a 30% submission rate over Daley's 0%.

Paul Daley was the same age as Saad Awad, at 42 years old.

Awad had a height advantage of 2 inches over Daley. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Daley was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 35 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2003, 2 years and 8 months earlier than Awad, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 65 more professional rounds, 129 to Awad's 64.

Daley vs Awad form

Awad had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, his fight against Mandel Nallo at Bellator 249 on 15th October 2020 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, he had lost to Paul Daley at Bellator 232 on 26th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

Before that, he had been defeated by Brandon Girtz at Bellator 219 on 29th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

He had lost to Benson Henderson at Bellator 208 on 13th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

Awad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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