Ellis vs Villa

Who won Ellis vs Villa?

Roiman Villa beat Rashidi Ellis by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 7th January 2023 at Capital One Arena in Washington.

The scorecards were announced as 112-114, 113-113, 112-114 in favor of winner Roiman Villa.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis beating Hector Luis Garcia for the WBA World Lightweight championship. Also, on the undercard Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis beat Karen Chukhadzhyan for the IBF Interim World Welterweight belt, Demetrius Andrade defeated Demond Nicholson and Brandun Lee was victorious over Diego Gonzalo Luque.

Ellis vs Villa stats

Rashidi Ellis stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 24 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Roiman Villa made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Rashidi Ellis was the same age as Roiman Villa, at 30 years old.

Ellis had a height advantage of 2 inches over Villa. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Rashidi Ellis & Roiman Villa fought out of an orthodox stance.

Ellis was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 6 months earlier than Villa, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 116 to Villa's 87.

Rashidi Ellis went into the fight ranked number 10 by the WBC, 6 by the WBO and 8 by the IBF at welterweight.

Roiman Villa was ranked number 9 by the IBF in the 147lb division.

Activity check

Ellis' last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11 rounds on average.

Villa's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.3 rounds on average.

What time did Ellis vs Villa start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at Capital One Arena, Washington, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Ellis vs Villa?

Ellis vs Villa was broadcast on Showtime PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Fite.tv PPV UK.

What were the odds on Ellis vs Villa?

Rashidi Ellis was a 1/7 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Roiman Villa made his way into the ring at 5/1 (+500) with oddsmakers.