Ballard vs Falcao

Who won Ballard vs Falcao?

D’Mitrius Ballard drew with Yamaguchi Falcao by majority draw in their 10 round contest on Thursday 5th December 2019 at The Hangar in California.

The scorecards were announced as 95-95, 95-95, 97-93, meaning it was a majority draw.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Yves Ulysse Jr's and Ismael Barroso's clash.

Ballard vs Falcao stats

Back in December 2019, D’Mitrius Ballard stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yamaguchi Falcao made his way to the ring with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 7 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Ballard had a large advantage in power over Falcao, boosting at 65% knock out percentage over Falcao's 44%.

D’Mitrius Ballard was the younger man by 5 years, at 27 years old.

Ballard had a height advantage of 2 inches over Falcao. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both D’Mitrius Ballard & Yamaguchi Falcao fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ballard's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Falcao's, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 11 months earlier than Falcao, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 59 less professional rounds, 114 to Falcao's 173.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yamaguchi Falcao had been fighting more than D’Mitrius Ballard.

Going to this contest, D’Mitrius Ballard had last fought 5 months and 15 days ago, while Yamaguchi Falcao's last outing had been 7 months and 3 days ago.

What time did Ballard vs Falcao start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at The Hangar, California, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Ballard vs Falcao?

Ballard vs Falcao was broadcast on DAZN in the US.

What were the odds on Ballard vs Falcao?

D’Mitrius Ballard was a 3/10 (-330) favourite going into the contest, while Yamaguchi Falcao made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.