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 1 year, 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 Enrique Barzola at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Leandro Higo at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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

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

He had lost to 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.

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten 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 been beaten by 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 defeated 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 defeated Nikita Mikhailov at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

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

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Enrique Barzola had been fighting more than Darrion Caldwell.

Going to this contest, Darrion Caldwell had last fought 3 years, 5 months and 5 days ago, while Enrique Barzola's last outing had been 2 years, 3 months and 24 days ago.

Caldwell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Barzola's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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