Bak vs Leary

Who won Bak vs Leary?

Soren Bak beat Charlie Leary by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 280, on Friday 6th May 2022 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Soren Bak.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bak vs Leary division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Bak vs Leary stats

Soren Bak stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Charlie Leary made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Charlie Leary marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Soren Bak's Bellator record stood at 3-0-0, while Charlie Leary's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Leary had a massive power advantage over Bak, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Bak's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bak had a massive advantage over Leary, boasting a 43% submission rate over Leary's 12%.

Soren Bak was the younger man by 10 years, at 32 years old.

Leary had a height advantage of 3 inches over Bak.

Bak was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 10 months later than Leary, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 33 less professional rounds, 38 to Leary's 71.

Bak vs Leary form

Soren Bak had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Bobby Lee at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Terry Brazier at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Morgan Charriere at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by majority decision in their 5 round contest at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Before that, he was victorious against Paddy Pimblett at Cage Warriors 96 on 1st September 2018 by unanimous decision in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at Echo Arena, Liverpool, England.

He had won against Alexander Jacobsen at Cage Warriors 93 on 28th April 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Activity check

Bak's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 10 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Leary's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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