Caldwell vs Barzola

Who won Caldwell vs Barzola?

Enrique Barzola beat Darrion Caldwell by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of Bellator 273, on Saturday 29th January 2022 at Footprint Center in Phoenix.

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).

Caldwell vs Barzola stats

Darrion Caldwell stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Enrique Barzola made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Enrique Barzola marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Darrion Caldwell's Bellator record stood at 12-6-0, while Enrique Barzola's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Barzola had an advantage in power over Caldwell, with a 25% knock out percentage over Caldwell's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Caldwell had an advantage over Barzola, with a 40% submission rate over Barzola's 25%.

Darrion Caldwell was the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Caldwell had a height advantage of 3 inches over Barzola. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Caldwell was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 months earlier than Barzola, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 31 less professional rounds, 53 to Barzola's 84.

Caldwell vs Barzola form

Darrion Caldwell had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Leandro Higo at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by AJ McKee Jr at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Adam Borics at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by submission in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had been defeated by Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had lost to Kyoji Horiguchi at RIZIN 14 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Activity check

Caldwell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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