Kouadja vs Bonner

Who won Kouadja vs Bonner?

Matthew Bonner beat Joel Kouadja by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of Cage Warriors 137, on Friday 27th May 2022 at Charter Hall in Colchester.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Kouadja vs Bonner division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Kouadja vs Bonner stats

Joel Kouadja stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Matthew Bonner made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Joel Kouadja's Cage Warriors record stood at 0-1-0, while Matthew Bonner's came in at 12-7-1.

The stats suggested Bonner had a large advantage in power over Kouadja, boasting a 27% knock out percentage over Kouadja's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bonner had a massive advantage over Kouadja, boasting a 36% submission rate over Kouadja's 0%.

Joel Kouadja was the younger man by 34 years, at years old.

Kouadja was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 7 years and 10 months earlier than Bonner, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 39 less professional rounds, 28 to Bonner's 67.

Kouadja vs Bonner form

Matthew Bonner had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Matt Inman at Cage Warriors 118 on 11th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at York Hall, London, England.

Previous to that, he had lost to Madars Fleminas at Cage Warriors 101 on 16th February 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Exhibition Centre, Liverpool.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Mark O Madsen at Cage Warriors Academy Denmark 2 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark.

Before that, he had drawn with Tim Barnett at Cage Warriors 96 on 1st September 2018 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at Echo Arena, Liverpool, England.

He had beaten Mick Stanton at Cage Warriors 90 on 24th February 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

Activity check

Bonner's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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