Creasey vs Shanks

Who won Creasey vs Shanks?

Luke Shanks beat Sam Creasey by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Cage Warriors 132, on Saturday 11th December 2021 in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the Cage Warriors Flyweight championship.

Creasey vs Shanks stats

Sam Creasey stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Luke Shanks made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Sam Creasey's 18th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Sam Creasey's Cage Warriors record stood at 13-5-0, while Luke Shanks' came in at 6-3-0.

The stats suggested Creasey had an advantage in power over Shanks, with a 33% knock out percentage over Shanks' 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Creasey had a slight advantage over Shanks, with a 40% submission rate over Shanks' 38%.

Sam Creasey was the older man by 8 years, at 37 years old.

Creasey had a height advantage of 1 inch over Shanks.

Creasey was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 8 months earlier than Shanks, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 57 to Shanks' 37.

Creasey vs Shanks form

Creasey had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Luke Shanks at Cage Warriors 129 on 2nd October 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Flyweight championship fight at York Hall, London, England.

Previous to that, he had beaten Aaron Aby at Cage Warriors 123 on 24th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Adam Amarasinghe at Cage Warriors 117 on 10th December 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round at York Hall, London, England.

Before that, he was victorious against Nicolas Leblond at Cage Warriors 116 on 26th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at BEC Arena, Manchester.

He had lost to Samir Faiddine at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Flyweight championship fight at Eventim Apollo, London.

Shanks 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 been beaten by Sam Creasey at Cage Warriors 129 on 2nd October 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their Cage Warriors Flyweight championship fight at York Hall, London, England.

Previous to that, he had won against Nicolas Leblond at Cage Warriors 124 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Jake Hadley at Cage Warriors 117 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their Cage Warriors Flyweight championship fight at York Hall, London, England.

Before that, he had beaten Samir Faiddine at Cage Warriors 114 on 24th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their Cage Warriors Flyweight championship fight at BEC Arena, Manchester.

He had defeated Pietro Menga at Cage Warriors 107 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Exhibition Centre, Liverpool.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Luke Shanks had been fighting more than Sam Creasey.

Going to this contest, Sam Creasey had last fought 3 years, 5 months and 22 days ago, while Luke Shanks' last outing had been 3 years, 5 months and 22 days ago.

Creasey's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Shanks' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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