Machado vs Tanasa Result & Stats: Tanasa wins by UD · Cage Warriors 157, Fri, Jul 21, 2023

Cage WarriorsCage Warriors 157: Stanton vs Webb 2

Wesley Machado

3-7-0

SUBUDTKO

RESULT

Unanimous Decision

ROUND 3 · 5:00

Featherweight5 rounds scheduled

Full card

George TanasaWIN

“Son of Dracula” · 3-2-1

UDDECSUB

Friday, July 21, 2023Indigo at The O2, London, England

George Tanasa defeated Wesley Machado by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (05:00) in the Featherweight bout of Cage Warriors 157: Stanton vs Webb 2, held Friday, July 21, 2023 at Indigo at The O2, London. The judges scored it 29-28, 30-27, 30-26, George Tanasa won the decision.

The result

George TanasaWIN

def. Wesley Machado

Unanimous Decision

Round 3 · 05:00

Judges29-2830-2730-26

Referee: Daniel Movahedi
Time format: 5 Rnd (5-5-5-5-5)

Who called it

Every forecast, graded against the result

Wesley MachadoGeorge Tanasa

49%Power Index✓ Called it51%

31%Market · 5 sportsbooks✓ Called it69%

Model opinion, not betting advice. 18+. See the full Power Index

Betting Odds

Average moneyline across 5 sportsbooks.

Wesley Machado

+208

32% implied win probability · Open: +155

George Tanasa

-279

74% implied win probability · Open: -180

Every sportsbook is in the Odds tab.

What happened

Wesley Machado out-landed George Tanasa 112 to 41 in significant strikes.
Wesley Machado controlled George Tanasa for 4:05 of the fight.
Wesley Machado landed 5 of 7 takedowns.
Wesley Machado out-landed George Tanasa in 2 of 3 rounds and still lost.

Tale of the tape

3-7-0

Record

3-2-1

6'1" · 185 cm

Height

5'8" · 173 cm

73" · 185 cm

Reach

68" · 173 cm

Win Streak

1520

Power Index

1529

1-4

Last 5

3-1-1

Green marks the edge where one exists: younger, taller, longer, the streak, the higher rating and the better recent form. Record and stance are facts, not edges.

Fight stats: totals

Same scale left and right on every row; the pale tail behind a bar is attempts

Wesley MachadoGeorge Tanasa

Knockdowns

112

Significant strikes

219

Total strikes

143

5 / 7

Takedowns

0 / 0

Submission attempts

4:05

Control time

1:37

Where it landed

Significant strikes landed by target in this fight

Wesley MachadoGeorge Tanasa

5146%

Head

820%

3430%

Body

717%

2724%

Leg

2663%

Where it happened

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

66%13%21%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

#	Machado	Tanasa
1	10	9
2	9	10
3	9	10

#	Machado	Tanasa
1	9	10
2	9	10
3	9	10

#	Machado	Tanasa
1	9	10
2	8	10
3	9	10

Betting Odds

Wesley Machado

+208

32% implied win probability

Open: +155Best: +250

George Tanasa

-279

74% implied win probability

Open: -180Best: -250

Average moneyline across 5 sportsbooks.

Sportsbook	Wesley Machado	George Tanasa
BetAnything	+220	-300
BetOnline	+250	-300
Betway	+180	-250
Bovada	+200	-275
unibet	+188	-275

Odds are for information only. · Odds data: fightodds.io

Insights

George Tanasa absorbs 7.47 significant strikes a minute, more than 99% of UFC fighters.
Wesley Machado lands 5.06 significant strikes a minute, more than 87% of UFC fighters.
Wesley Machado lands 3.25 takedowns per 15 minutes, more than 90% of UFC fighters.

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

44%

Head

20%

29%

Body

17%

26%

Leg

63%

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Wesley Machadolast 3 fights

54%17%29%

George Tanasalast 1 fight

66%13%21%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Wesley Machado· from fights outside the UFC George Tanasa· from fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

5.062.73

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Wesley Machado · Elite · better than 87% of UFC fightersGeorge Tanasa · Below avg · better than 28% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.467.47

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Wesley Machado · Average · better than 48% of UFC fightersGeorge Tanasa · Poor · better than 1% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

3.250.00

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Wesley Machado · Elite · better than 90% of UFC fightersGeorge Tanasa · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

0%29%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Wesley Machado · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fightersGeorge Tanasa · Poor · better than 7% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.601.00

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Wesley Machado · Good · better than 60% of UFC fightersGeorge Tanasa · Good · better than 80% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1497 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

5.06

Strikes landed / min

2.73

3.46

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

7.47

3.25 / 5.2

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.00

Takedown defence

29%

1:55

Control time / fight

1:37

0.60

Submission attempts / 15 min

1.00

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Wesley Machado3 fights · by range and by target

Range

32%Distance · 61

38%Clinch · 72

30%Ground · 56

Target

44%Head · 52

29%Body · 34

26%Leg · 31

The range × target cross-tab is logged for UFC fights only.

George Tanasa1 fight · by range and by target

Range

85%Distance · 40

13%Clinch · 6

2%Ground · 1

Target

20%Head · 8

17%Body · 7

63%Leg · 26

The range × target cross-tab is logged for UFC fights only.

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Wesley Machado8 of 11 ended early · 73%3 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

1 early stoppage has no logged time

George Tanasa2 of 6 ended early · 33%4 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

1 early stoppage has no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Wesley Machado1-4

W
Alessio Leoni
MMADen: Battle of Battersea · Jun 14, 2025
Submission · R1 · 0:46 · Welterweight
L
Billy Adams
FCC 40 · Nov 30, 2024
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
L
Jordan Stronge
Cage Warriors 176 · Sep 7, 2024
TKO · R1 · 1:09 · Lightweight
L
Luca Borando
Cage Warriors 163: London · Nov 11, 2023
TKO · R2 · 1:57 · Featherweight
L
George Tanasa
Cage Warriors 157: Stanton vs Webb 2 · Jul 21, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight

Full record · 11 fights

L
Nik Bagley
Cage Warriors 150 · Mar 17, 2023
Submission · R1 · 2:13 · Featherweight
W
Junior Morgan
Vida Fight Championship 5 · Dec 17, 2022
Submission · R2 · 2:51 · Welterweight
W
Manuel Yusta Zato
The Big Fight UK · May 7, 2022
TKO · R2 · 5:00 · Lightweight
L
Sho Kogane
PXC 51 · Jan 16, 2016
Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
W
Arex Montalban
PXC 46 · Nov 15, 2014
Submission · R1 · 4:10 · Featherweight
L
Syafiq Samad
PXC 37 · May 18, 2013
Submission · Lightweight

George Tanasa3-1-1

W
Wesley Machado
Cage Warriors 157: Stanton vs Webb 2 · Jul 21, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
D
Scott Pedersen
Cage Warriors 138 · May 28, 2022
Decision · Featherweight
W
Sebastian Koszarski
UFL 8 · Feb 5, 2022
Submission · Lightweight
L
Alex Bodnar
Shock N Awe 31.5 · Nov 13, 2021
Unanimous Decision · Featherweight
W
Mihai Macarei
UFL 7 · Aug 7, 2021
TKO · R1 · 4:30 · Lightweight

Full record · 6 fights

L
Alex Bertinazzi
Messapicum Fighting Championship 3 · May 1, 2021
Unanimous Decision · Featherweight

Fight stats: totals

Where it landed

Where it happened

Round by round

Judges' Scorecards

Betting Odds

Insights

Sig. strikes by zone

Time in position

How good, really

Striking & grappling

Where the strikes land

When it ends

Recent form · last 5

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