Jones vs Ribeiro

Who won Jones vs Ribeiro?

Mason Jones beat Alexandre Ribeiro by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 158, on Saturday 29th July 2023 at Fiera Roma in Rome.

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 Ribeiro stats

Mason Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alexandre Ribeiro made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Mason Jones' 13th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Mason Jones' Cage Warriors record stood at 13-0-0, while Alexandre Ribeiro's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Ribeiro had a slight advantage in power over Jones, with a 40% knock out percentage over Jones' 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had a slight advantage over Ribeiro, with a 27% submission rate over Ribeiro's 25%.

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

Ribeiro had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jones. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Jones was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 4 years and 5 months later than Ribeiro, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 40 to Ribeiro's 60.

Jones vs Ribeiro form

Jones had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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.

Previous to that, he had won 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.

Going into that contest, his fight against Alan Patrick at UFC Vegas 28 on 5th June 2021 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten Adam Proctor at Cage Warriors 116 on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Cage Warriors Welterweight championship fight at BEC Arena, Manchester, England.

He had defeated Joe McColgan at Cage Warriors 113 on 20th March 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their Cage Warriors Lightweight championship fight at BEC Arena, Manchester.

Activity check

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Jones vs Ribeiro?

Mason Jones was a 1/12 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Alexandre Ribeiro made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.