Giordano vs Martignoni

Who won Giordano vs Martignoni?

Alessandro Giordano beat Michele Martignoni by submission in the 3rd round during the prelims of Cage Warriors 174, on Saturday 20th July 2024 at Indigo At The O2 in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Giordano vs Martignoni stats

Alessandro Giordano stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Michele Martignoni made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Alessandro Giordano's 6th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Michele Martignoni marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Alessandro Giordano's Cage Warriors record stood at 3-2-0, while Michele Martignoni's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Giordano had a massive power advantage over Martignoni, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Martignoni's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martignoni had a massive advantage over Giordano, boasting a 33% submission rate over Giordano's 0%.

Alessandro Giordano was the younger man by 2 years, at 27 years old.

Martignoni had a height advantage of 1 inch over Giordano.

Giordano was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 1 year and 5 months later than Martignoni, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 33 to Martignoni's 33.

Giordano vs Martignoni form

Martignoni had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Raz Bring at Cage Warriors 167 on 15th March 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Shajidul Haque at Cage Warriors 158 on 29th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dominique Wooding at Cage Warriors 144 on 7th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome.

Before that, he had defeated Scott Malone at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

His fight against Adam Amarasinghe at Cage Warriors 128 on 1st October 2021 ended in a no contest.

Activity check

Giordano's last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Martignoni's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Giordano vs Martignoni?

Alessandro Giordano was a 7/4 (+180) underdog going into the contest, while Michele Martignoni made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.