Bolanos vs Le

Who won Bolanos vs Le?

Quang Le beat Gaston Bolanos by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 3rd May 2025 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

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).

Bolanos vs Le stats

Gaston Bolanos stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Quang Le made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Gaston Bolanos' 4th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Quang Le marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Gaston Bolanos' UFC record stood at 2-2-0, while Quang Le's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Bolanos had a massive power advantage over Le, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Le's 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Le had a massive advantage over Bolanos, boasting a 38% submission rate over Bolanos' 0%.

Gaston Bolanos was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

Bolanos had a height advantage of 1 inch over Le.

Bolanos' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Le's, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 4 months later than Le, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 24 to Le's 24.

Bolanos vs Le form

Bolanos 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 Cortavious Romious at UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates on 9th November 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marcus McGhee at UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker on 13th January 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Aaron Phillips at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City.

Before that, he had defeated Daniel Carey at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had been beaten by Daniel Carey at Bellator 226 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Le had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Long Xiao at UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo on 23rd November 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at Galaxy Arena, Macau, China.

Previous to that, he had lost to Chris Gutierrez at UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 on 10th August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Tial Thang at LFA 181 on 5th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at The Mystic Lake Showroom, Prior Lake.

Before that, he had won against Cody Peterson at LFA 174 on 12th January 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

He had beaten Sal Guerriero at LFA 168 on 22nd September 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Quang Le had been fighting more than Gaston Bolanos.

Going to this contest, Gaston Bolanos had last fought 6 months and 26 days ago, while Quang Le's last outing had been 6 months and 12 days ago.

Bolanos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Le's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What time did Bolanos vs Le start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:50 PM UTC , which was 7:50 PM EST or 4:50 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:50 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Bolanos vs Le?

Gaston Bolanos was a 3/4 (-130) favourite going into the contest, while Quang Le made his way into the ring at 21/20 (+100) with oddsmakers.