Barzola vs Bates

Who won Barzola vs Bates?

Enrique Barzola beat Jaylon Bates by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward, on Friday 11th August 2023 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Enrique Barzola.

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).

Barzola vs Bates stats

Enrique Barzola stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Jaylon Bates made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 6 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws and 4 by submission.

This was Enrique Barzola's 6th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Enrique Barzola's Bellator record stood at 4-2-0, while Jaylon Bates' came in at 7-1-0.

The stats suggested Barzola had a large advantage in power over Bates, boasting a 26% knock out percentage over Bates' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bates had a massive advantage over Barzola, boasting a 67% submission rate over Barzola's 21%.

Enrique Barzola was the older man by 8 years, at 35 years old.

Bates had a height advantage of 2 inches over Barzola. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Barzola was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years later than Bates, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 64 more professional rounds, 84 to Bates' 20.

Barzola vs Bates form

Barzola had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Erik Perez at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Juan Archuleta at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedov at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by submission in the 4th round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Nikita Mikhailov at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had defeated Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Activity check

Barzola's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Bates' last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Barzola vs Bates?

Enrique Barzola was a 21/50 (-240) favourite going into the contest, while Jaylon Bates made his way into the ring at 13/8 (+160) with oddsmakers.