Eblen vs Edwards

Who won Eblen vs Edwards?

Johnny Eblen beat Fabian Edwards by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of PFL Super Fights, on Saturday 19th October 2024 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Johnny Eblen.

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).

Eblen vs Edwards stats

Johnny Eblen stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Fabian Edwards made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Johnny Eblen's 2nd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Fabian Edwards marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Johnny Eblen's PFL record stood at 2-0-0, while Fabian Edwards' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Eblen had a slight advantage in power over Edwards, with a 40% knock out percentage over Edwards' 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had an advantage over Eblen, with a 23% submission rate over Eblen's 7%.

Johnny Eblen was the older man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Edwards had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Eblen was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 month later than Edwards, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 42 to Edwards' 42.

Eblen vs Edwards form

Eblen remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Impa Kasanganay at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had beaten Fabian Edwards at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Anatoly Tokov at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Kia Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against John Salter at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Louis.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Charlie Ward at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Previous to that, he had defeated Lyoto Machida at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Austin Vanderford at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Costello van Steenis at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

He was victorious against Mike Shipman at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Johnny Eblen had been fighting more than Fabian Edwards.

Going to this contest, Johnny Eblen had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 6 days ago, while Fabian Edwards' last outing had been 2 years, 5 months and 1 day ago.

Eblen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What time did Eblen vs Edwards start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 5:10 PM UTC , which was 1:10 PM EST or 10:10 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 6:10 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Eblen vs Edwards?

Johnny Eblen was a 1/4 (-450) favourite going into the contest, while Fabian Edwards made his way into the ring at 29/10 (+330) with oddsmakers.