Jones vs Pagani

Who won Jones vs Pagani?

Mason Jones beat Michael Pagani by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Cage Warriors 175, on Thursday 25th July 2024 at BEC Arena in Manchester.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Mason Jones.

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).

Jones vs Pagani stats

Mason Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Michael Pagani made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Mason Jones' 13th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Michael Pagani marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Mason Jones' Cage Warriors record stood at 13-0-0, while Michael Pagani's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Pagani had a large advantage in power over Jones, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Jones' 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had a large advantage over Pagani, boasting a 21% submission rate over Pagani's 0%.

Mason Jones was the older man by 3 years, at 29 years old.

Jones had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pagani.

Jones was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Pagani, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 40 to Pagani's 20.

Jones vs Pagani form

Jones had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Bryce Logan at Cage Warriors 166: Reis vs. Misech on 23rd February 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Yann Liasse at Cage Warriors 161 – Dublin on 14th October 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Alexandre Ribeiro at Cage Warriors 158 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

Before that, he had lost to Ludovit Klein at UFC Fight Night London on 23rd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The O2, London, United Kingdom.

He was victorious against David Onama at UFC Vegas 41 on 23rd October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Activity check

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Jones vs Pagani?

Mason Jones was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Michael Pagani made his way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.