Henderson vs Awad

Who won Henderson vs Awad?

Benson Henderson beat Saad Awad by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 208, on Saturday 13th October 2018 at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Benson Henderson.

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).

Henderson vs Awad stats

Benson Henderson stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Saad Awad made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

Benson Henderson's Bellator record stood at 7-7-0, while Saad Awad's came in at 12-11-0.

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

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Henderson had a slight advantage over Awad, with a 36% submission rate over Awad's 30%.

Benson Henderson was the younger man by 1 year, at 41 years old.

Awad had a height advantage of 2 inches over Henderson. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Henderson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 7 months later than Awad, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 60 more professional rounds, 124 to Awad's 64.

Henderson vs Awad form

Benson Henderson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Peter Queally at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Islam Mamedov at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Brent Primus at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

He had been defeated by Jason Jackson at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Henderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Awad's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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