Tchamou vs Kanisauskas

Who won Tchamou vs Kanisauskas?

Naglis Kanisauskas beat Michael Tchamou by submission in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 151, on Friday 24th March 2023 at BT Sports Studio 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).

Tchamou vs Kanisauskas stats

Michael Tchamou stepped into the octagon with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Naglis Kanisauskas made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Michael Tchamou's 10th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Naglis Kanisauskas marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Michael Tchamou's Cage Warriors record stood at 5-5-0, while Naglis Kanisauskas' came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Tchamou had a massive power advantage over Kanisauskas, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Kanisauskas' 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kanisauskas had a massive advantage over Tchamou, boasting a 80% submission rate over Tchamou's 0%.

Michael Tchamou was the older man by 10 years, at 34 years old.

Kanisauskas had a height advantage of 4 inches over Tchamou.

Tchamou was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 2 years and 1 month later than Kanisauskas, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 14 to Kanisauskas' 25.

Tchamou vs Kanisauskas form

Tchamou 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 won against Joe Ambler at Cage Warriors 172: Hardwick vs. Prins on 25th May 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Carlos Graca at Cage Warriors 164: Stanton vs. Bellandi on 25th November 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Naglis Kanisauskas at Cage Warriors 151 on 24th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round at BT Sports Studio, London.

Before that, he had been defeated by Will Currie at Cage Warriors 147 on 20th November 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at BT Sport Studio, London.

He had beaten Glenn Irvine at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, Belfast.

Activity check

Tchamou's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Tchamou vs Kanisauskas?

Michael Tchamou was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Naglis Kanisauskas made his way into the ring at 4/11 (-280) with oddsmakers.