Katambwa vs Cooper

Who won Katambwa vs Cooper?

Cedric Katambwa beat Bret Cooper by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of LFA 172, on Friday 17th November 2023 at Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix.

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).

Katambwa vs Cooper stats

Cedric Katambwa stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 3 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Bret Cooper made his way to the cage with a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Cedric Katambwa's 6th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Cedric Katambwa's LFA record stood at 4-1-0, while Bret Cooper's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Katambwa, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Katambwa's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Katambwa and Cooper would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Cedric Katambwa was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Cooper had a height advantage of 2 inches over Katambwa.

Katambwa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 years and 11 months earlier than Cooper, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 6 more professional rounds, 13 to Cooper's 7.

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Katambwa's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Katambwa vs Cooper?

Cedric Katambwa was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Bret Cooper made his way into the ring at 13/8 (+160) with oddsmakers.