Abdelwahab vs Pogues

Who won Abdelwahab vs Pogues?

Hamdy Abdelwahab beat Jamal Pogues by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 1st February 2025 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Hamdy Abdelwahab.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Abdelwahab vs Pogues stats

Hamdy Abdelwahab stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Jamal Pogues made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Hamdy Abdelwahab's 2nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Jamal Pogues marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Hamdy Abdelwahab's UFC record stood at 1-0-0, while Jamal Pogues' came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Abdelwahab had a massive power advantage over Pogues, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Pogues' 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pogues had a slight advantage over Abdelwahab, with a 9% submission rate over Abdelwahab's 0%.

Hamdy Abdelwahab was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Pogues had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Abdelwahab was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 5 years and 2 months later than Pogues, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 25 less professional rounds, 13 to Pogues' 38.

Abdelwahab vs Pogues form

Jamal Pogues had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Thomas Petersen at UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov on 3rd February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Michael Parkin at UFC Fight Night London – Aspinall vs. Tybura on 22nd July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Josh Parisian at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield on 18th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Tim Hiley at LFA 91 on 11th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

He had been beaten by Alex Polizzi at LFA 82 on 21st February 2020 by submission in the 4th round in their LFA Light Heavyweight championship fight at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Activity check

Pogues' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What time did Abdelwahab vs Pogues start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:00 PM UTC , which was 9:00 AM EST or 6:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:00 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Abdelwahab vs Pogues?

Hamdy Abdelwahab was a 41/50 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Jamal Pogues made his way into the ring at 49/50 (+100) with oddsmakers.