Dwyer vs Dijk

Who won Dwyer vs Dijk?

Christophe Van Dijk beat Matt Dwyer by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of BFL 75, on Thursday 1st December 2022 at Harbour Convention Centre in Vancouver.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Dwyer vs Dijk stats

Matt Dwyer stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Christophe Van Dijk made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Dwyer had a massive power advantage over Dijk, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Dijk's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dijk had a massive advantage over Dwyer, boasting a 56% submission rate over Dwyer's 0%.

Matt Dwyer was the younger man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Dwyer had a height advantage of 6 inches over Dijk.

Dwyer was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 months later than Dijk, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 46 to Dijk's 28.

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What were the odds on Dwyer vs Dijk?

Matt Dwyer was a 4/9 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Christophe Van Dijk made his way into the ring at 7/4 (+180) with oddsmakers.