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 29 years, at 29 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.
Law vs Chavez form
Cody Law had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Cris Lencioni at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by James Gonzalez at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Going into that contest, he had won against James Adcock at Bellator 276 on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The Family Arena, St. Louis.
Before that, he had beaten Colton Hamm at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood.
He had defeated Theodore Macuka at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Activity check
Law's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 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.
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