Reis vs Souza

Who won Reis vs Souza?

Bruno Souza beat Wilson Reis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Cage Warriors 173, on Friday 7th June 2024 at Sycuan Casino Resort in San Diego.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Bruno Souza.

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).

Reis vs Souza stats

Wilson Reis stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws and 13 by submission.

Bruno Souza made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Wilson Reis' 7th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012. Bruno Souza marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Wilson Reis' Cage Warriors record stood at 5-2-0, while Bruno Souza's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Souza had a slight advantage in power over Reis, with a 10% knock out percentage over Reis' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Reis had a large advantage over Souza, boasting a 46% submission rate over Souza's 20%.

Wilson Reis was the older man by 11 years, at 40 years old.

Souza had a height advantage of 3 inches over Reis. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Reis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 28 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 8 years and 11 months earlier than Souza, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 61 more professional rounds, 104 to Souza's 43.

Reis vs Souza form

Wilson Reis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Johnny Campbell at Cage Warriors 149 on 3rd March 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Tuomas Gronvall at Cage Warriors 148 on 31st December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo at the O2, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Jeremiah Labiano at Cage Warriors 133 on 4th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Del Mar Arena, San Diego, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Henry Cejudo at UFC 215 on 9th September 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

He had been beaten by Demetrious Johnson at UFC on FOX 24 on 15th April 2017 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Flyweight championship fight at Sprint Center, Kansas City, United States.

Souza had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Luis Salda a at UFC Fight Night Columbus on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Melsik Baghdasaryan at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Javier Garcia at LFA 114 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at The Factory at the District, St. Louis.

Before that, he had won against Elijah Johns at LFA 102 on 19th March 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort, Shawnee.

He had beaten Guilherme Santos at LFA 95 on 20th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hartman Arena, Park City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Bruno Souza had been fighting more than Wilson Reis.

Going to this contest, Wilson Reis had last fought 2 years, 3 months and 24 days ago, while Bruno Souza's last outing had been 3 years, 3 months and 1 day ago.

Reis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Souza's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What time did Reis vs Souza start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:40 AM UTC , which was 11:40 PM EST or 8:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Reis vs Souza?

Wilson Reis was a 11/10 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Bruno Souza made his way into the ring at 4/6 (-150) with oddsmakers.