Girtz vs Awad

Who won Girtz vs Awad?

Brandon Girtz beat Saad Awad by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Bellator 219, on Friday 29th March 2019 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Brandon Girtz.

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).

Girtz vs Awad stats

Brandon Girtz stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Saad Awad made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Brandon Girtz's Bellator record stood at 8-8-0, while Saad Awad's came in at 12-11-0.

The stats suggested Awad had a large advantage in power over Girtz, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Girtz's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Girtz had a large advantage over Awad, boasting a 53% submission rate over Awad's 30%.

Brandon Girtz was the younger man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

Awad had a height advantage of 4 inches over Girtz. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Girtz was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years and 1 month later than Awad, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 52 to Awad's 64.

Girtz vs Awad form

Awad had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Brandon Girtz at Bellator 219 on 29th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Benson Henderson at Bellator 208 on 13th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

Before that, he had won against Ryan Couture at Bellator 201 on 29th June 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

He had beaten JJ Ambrose at Bellator 193 on 26th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

Activity check

Awad's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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