Law vs Chavez

Who won Law vs Chavez?

Cody Law beat Edwin Chavez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 297, on Friday 16th June 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cody Law.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Law vs Chavez stats

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

Edwin Chavez made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Cody Law's 10th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Cody Law's Bellator record stood at 8-2-0, while Edwin Chavez's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Chavez had an advantage in power over Law, with a 17% knock out percentage over Law's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chavez had an advantage over Law, with a 17% submission rate over Law's 0%.

Cody Law was the older man by 30 years, at 30 years old.

Chavez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Law.

Law was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 1 year and 1 month later than Chavez, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 23 to Chavez's 27.

Activity check

Law's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Law vs Chavez?

Cody Law was a 1/5 (-560) favourite going into the contest, while Edwin Chavez made his way into the ring at 10/3 (+350) with oddsmakers.