Sanchez vs Weichel

Who won Sanchez vs Weichel?

Emmanuel Sanchez beat Daniel Weichel by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of Bellator 252, on Thursday 12th November 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Emmanuel Sanchez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Sanchez vs Weichel stats

Emmanuel Sanchez stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Daniel Weichel made his way to the cage with a record of 40 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 22 by submission.

Emmanuel Sanchez's Bellator record stood at 12-8-0, while Daniel Weichel's came in at 11-7-0.

The stats suggested Weichel had a slight advantage in power over Sanchez, with a 13% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Weichel had an advantage over Sanchez, with a 55% submission rate over Sanchez's 42%.

Emmanuel Sanchez was the younger man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Weichel had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sanchez. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Sanchez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 9 years and 6 months later than Weichel, whose first professional fight was in 2002. He had fought 37 less professional rounds, 75 to Weichel's 112.

Sanchez vs Weichel form

Weichel had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Mads Burnell at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Timur Khizriev at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Robert Whiteford at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had been defeated by Pedro Carvalho at Bellator MMA on 5th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

He had beaten Keoni Diggs at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

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Sanchez's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Weichel's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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