Stewart vs Cadena

Who won Stewart vs Cadena?

Darren Stewart beat Guilherme Cadena by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 148, on Saturday 31st December 2022 at Indigo at the O2 in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Stewart vs Cadena stats

Darren Stewart stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Guilherme Cadena made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 18 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 20 by submission.

Darren Stewart's Cage Warriors record stood at 8-3-0, while Guilherme Cadena's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Stewart had a massive power advantage over Cadena, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Cadena's 4%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cadena had a massive advantage over Stewart, boasting a 83% submission rate over Stewart's 8%.

Darren Stewart was the older man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Stewart had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cadena. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Stewart was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 9 months later than Cadena, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 58 to Cadena's 69.

Stewart vs Cadena form

Stewart had lost to all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Mick Stanton at Cage Warriors 141 on 22nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London, London, England.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Dustin Jacoby at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Eryk Anders at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

Before that, his fight against Eryk Anders at UFC Vegas 21 on 13th March 2021 ended in a no contest.

He had lost to Kevin Holland at UFC Vegas 11 on 19th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Stewart's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Stewart vs Cadena?

Darren Stewart was a 6/25 (-420) favourite going into the contest, while Guilherme Cadena made his way into the ring at 13/5 (+260) with oddsmakers.