Middleton vs Kanisauskas

When is Middleton vs Kanisauskas?

Joe Middleton is set to face the challenge of Naglis Kanisauskas during the main card of Cage Warriors 192, on Saturday 12th July 2025 at Indigo at The O2 in London.

The fight will take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which means the weight limit will be 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Middleton vs Kanisauskas stats

Joe Middleton steps into the octagon with an undefeated record of 3 wins, zero losses and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

Naglis Kanisauskas will make his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This will be Joe Middleton's 2nd fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Naglis Kanisauskas will mark his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Joe Middleton's Cage Warriors record currently stands at 2-0-0, while Naglis Kanisauskas' comes in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggest Kanisauskas has a massive power advantage over Middleton, boasting a 38% knock out percentage over Middleton's 0%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Middleton will have a massive advantage over Kanisauskas, boasting a 100% submission rate over Kanisauskas' 63%.

Joe Middleton is the older man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Kanisauskas has a height advantage of 2 inches over Middleton.

Middleton is arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 6 years and 2 months earlier than Kanisauskas, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He has fought 18 less professional rounds, 7 to Kanisauskas' 25.

Middleton vs Kanisauskas form

Kanisauskas has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight, he lost to Dario Bellandi at Cage Warriors 183: Gittins vs. Giordano on 8th March 2025 by split decision in their Cage Warriors Middleweight championship fight at PalaPellicone, Rome, Italy.

Previous to that, he had won against Leon Naumann at Cage Warriors 175: Bellandi vs. Roos on 25th July 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Douglass at Cage Warriors 164: Stanton vs. Bellandi on 25th November 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle.

Before that, he had been beaten by Dario Bellandi at Cage Warriors 158 on 29th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Fiera Roma, Rome, Italy.

He had defeated Michael Tchamou at Cage Warriors 151 on 24th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round at BT Sports Studio, London, United Kingdom.

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Kanisauskas' last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 15 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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