Barzola vs Perez

Who won Barzola vs Perez?

Enrique Barzola beat Erik Perez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 292, on Friday 10th March 2023 at SAP Center in San Jose.

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 Perez stats

Enrique Barzola stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Erik Perez made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 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 Erik Perez's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Barzola had a slight advantage in power over Perez, with a 28% knock out percentage over Perez's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Perez had an advantage over Barzola, with a 42% submission rate over Barzola's 22%.

Enrique Barzola was the same age as Erik Perez, at 35 years old.

Perez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Barzola. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Barzola's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Perez's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 years and 7 months later than Perez, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 23 more professional rounds, 84 to Perez's 61.

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Perez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Barzola vs Perez?

Enrique Barzola was a 8/25 (-310) favourite going into the contest, while Erik Perez made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.