Girlean vs Cullen

Who won Girlean vs Cullen?

Dumitru Girlean beat Adam Cullen by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of Cage Warriors 152, on Saturday 15th April 2023 at BEC Arena in Manchester.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Girlean vs Cullen stats

Dumitru Girlean stepped into the octagon with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Adam Cullen made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 6 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Dumitru Girlean's 5th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2023. Adam Cullen marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Dumitru Girlean's Cage Warriors record stood at 3-2-0, while Adam Cullen's came in at 9-2-0.

The stats suggested Girlean had a large advantage in power over Cullen, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Cullen's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cullen had a large advantage over Girlean, boasting a 67% submission rate over Girlean's 40%.

Dumitru Girlean was the older man by 30 years, at 30 years old.

Girlean was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2018, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Cullen, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 20 to Cullen's 17.

Girlean vs Cullen form

Cullen had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Martin Causse at Cage Warriors 146 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Bec Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Arnaud Kherfallah at Cage Warriors 137 on 27th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Charter Hall, Colchester, England.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ndiaye El Hadji at Cage Warriors 136 on 2nd April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Before that, he was victorious against Mikail Bayram at Cage Warriors 131 on 10th December 2021 by submission in the 1st round at London, England.

He had won against Josh Plant at Cage Warriors 123 on 24th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round at York Hall, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Cullen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Girlean vs Cullen?

Dumitru Girlean was a 9/2 (+450) underdog going into the contest, while Adam Cullen made his way into the ring at 1/8 (-770) with oddsmakers.