Bowers vs Rodriguez

Who won Bowers vs Rodriguez?

Cheyanne Bowers beat Elizabeth Rodríguez by submission in the 1st round during the main card of LFA 207, on Friday 18th April 2025 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Bowers vs Rodriguez stats

Cheyanne Bowers stepped into the octagon with a record of 4 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Elizabeth Rodríguez made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

This was Cheyanne Bowers' 7th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Elizabeth Rodríguez marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Cheyanne Bowers' LFA record stood at 5-2-0, while Elizabeth Rodríguez's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Rodríguez had a slight advantage in power over Bowers, with a 33% knock out percentage over Bowers' 25%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bowers had a massive advantage over Rodríguez, boasting a 50% submission rate over Rodríguez's 0%.

Cheyanne Bowers was the same age as Elizabeth Rodríguez, at years old.

Rodríguez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Bowers.

Bowers was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 5 years and 5 months earlier than Rodríguez, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 16 to Rodríguez's 20.

Bowers vs Rodriguez form

Bowers had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Shannon Clark at LFA 200 on 25th January 2025 by split decision in their LFA Flyweight championship fight at Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Veronika Borisova at LFA 193 on 20th September 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake, Afghanistan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Naomie Young at LFA 182 on 26th April 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Whittany Pyles at LFA 174 on 12th January 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

He was victorious against Aline Pereira at LFA 168 on 22nd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Activity check

Bowers' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Bowers vs Rodriguez start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 3:10 AM UTC , which was 11:10 PM EST or 8:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 4:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Bowers vs Rodriguez?

Cheyanne Bowers was a 2/15 (-770) favourite going into the contest, while Elizabeth Rodríguez made his way into the ring at 22/5 (+440) with oddsmakers.