Gaetano Pirrello vs Salvatore Liga Prediction: Gaetano Pirrello stands a better chance of winning than Salvatore Liga

Gaetano Pirrello vs Salvatore Liga: Prediction and odds on the Match on 06 July, 2025

Gaetano Pirrello will take on Salvatore Liga in the Main Card (fight 14 of 16), with the weight class being 145 lbs (65.8 kg). All actions will be at ING Arena, Brussels, Belgium. Gaetano Pirrello is coming into this match with three wins in his last five matches. Salvatore Liga is coming into this bout from five straight bouts. Who will win this encounter? Here at Telecom Asia, we take a look at the match’s preview and offer free betting opportunities.

Gaetano Pirrello's recent form

Gaetano Pirrello, also known as El Tigre, is affiliated with the Valon Team. The 33-year-old fighter competes out of Mons, Belgium, and last fought on October 07, 202,3, in EBD. This bout was against Joziro Boye, which he won by unanimous decision. The previous fight was under the UFC promotion, where Pirrello was knocked out midway through the first round by Douglas Silva de Andrade via a counter left hook TKO. Also in the UFC, he faced Ricky Simón on the preliminary card and was submitted in the second round with an arm triangle choke. In 2019, he fought Enzo Maria Iezzi and won by a liver shot technical knockout. In 2018, he fought three times, winning against Percy Herrera (via doctor`s stoppage technical knockout) and Carlos Eduardo de Azevedo (via KO/TKO). His one loss that year was to Joziro Boye at the Strength and Honour Championship, where Joziro repeatedly grabbed the cage and Gaetano's shorts; he was verbally warned several times. Later, Joziro put his fingers in Gaetano's shorts to catch him. After that penalty point, he refrained from doing it again; had he not been penalized, he might have done it again. Throughout his career, he has won 16 bouts, lost 7, and had one draw. Of his 16 wins, 11 were by TKO, 3 by submission, and 2 by decision. He started his professional fighting career in 2011 with the Hard Fighting Championship (HFC), winning all three bouts by TKO. The following year, he moved to the Strength & Honour Championship (SHG), winning two fights and losing one. In 2016, he fought under European Beatdown promotions for seven years, with a record of 6 wins in six bouts- four by TKO and two by decision. He signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2021. His UFC career has been challenging, with two losses so far.

Gaetano Pirrello's Strengths

Gaetano Pirrello has knockout power, with 11 of his 15 wins coming that way. He is trained by one of the best in the business. He has a strong striking ability.

Salvatore Liga's recent form

Salvatore Liga boasts a professional career of five consecutive wins. His last fight was on February 07, 2025, in Fight and Furious in Octagon (FAFIO) against Ahmad Hamido, winning by a rear-naked choke submission. Before this fight, he faced Jordy Spitters under the World Fighting League (WFL) in the Co-Main Event billing. He won in the first round by submission. The other three victories were against Umberto Dias Passos (via TKO/KO in the second round), Hasan Gulmez (via punches knockout in the first round), and Andrew Mendes (via rear naked choke submission in the first round). Salvatore Liga is the #1,529 ranked MMA fighter in the Europe region. Liga is also ranked in the Europe sub-region of Western Europe. He is only ranked in regions where he has fought at least 2 times out of his last 6 MMA bouts. While only Featherweight is shown below, Liga is ranked at Featherweight and Bantamweight in each region, since he fought at least once in each weight class in his last 2 fights.

Salvatore Liga Strength

Salvatore Liga can utilize his arm to put any of his opponents under submission. He has done that so far in his career and has recorded three wins through this method.

Gaetano Pirrello vs Salvatore Liga: Betting Insights, Tips & Odds

• Three of Gaetano Pirrello`s last five fights were decided by knockout, he won two of them. The option is available at 1.62 odds in the 1XBet bookmaker for Gaetano Pirrello to win.
• Of Salvatore Liga`s career, three of his fights were by submission and two by knockout. He happened to win all his bouts. The option is available at 2.30 odds in the 1XBet bookmaker for Salvatore Liga to win.

Gaetano Pirrello vs Salvatore Liga Prediction

Gaetano Pirrello is the one with a greater much experience than his opponent, Salvatore Liga. In terms of number of fights, wins, and losses, He stands out. However, Liga has a much better experience in terms of recent performance. He has won all his last professional fights. He also stands on the age advantage, which is a two-year gap. Both fighters have a long gap within each of their fights: for Pirrello, He has last fought in 2023, which ended in a win, while Liga, although he fought about four months ago, the bout before that was three years and ten months ago. So, apparently, both fighters will be trying to adjust to the conditions of fighting now. For Liga, he has had his test with Hamido, in which he won by submission, so there is some confidence for him going into this matchup.

Our first prediction is Gaetano Pirrello to win (2-way) - 1.65 odds for 1xbet

Our Second prediction is Gaetano Pirrello to win - 1.65 odds for Bet365

Lastly, Our third prediction is Over 1.5 rounds - 2.14 odds for Betway