Markes vs Sowma

Who won Markes vs Sowma?

Said Sowma beat Ronny Markes by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of Bellator 262, on Friday 16th July 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Markes vs Sowma stats

Ronny Markes stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Said Sowma made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ronny Markes' Bellator record stood at 0-2-0, while Said Sowma's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Sowma had an advantage in power over Markes, with a 50% knock out percentage over Markes' 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Markes had a slight advantage over Sowma, with a 26% submission rate over Sowma's 17%.

Ronny Markes was the older man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Markes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Sowma. Despite this, Sowma had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Markes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 11 years and 2 months earlier than Sowma, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 58 to Sowma's 33.

Markes vs Sowma form

Markes had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Said Sowma at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Linton Vassell at Bellator 254 on 10th December 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Sigi Pesaleli at PFL 2019 #3 on 6th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Before that, he had been defeated by Sean O Connell at PFL 2018 #2 on 21st June 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Chicago Theater, Chicago.

He had beaten Smealinho Rama at PFL Daytona on 30th June 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona.

Activity check

Markes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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