Eblen vs Huckbody

Who won Eblen vs Huckbody?

Johnny Eblen beat Collin Huckbody by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator MMA, on Friday 3rd December 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Eblen vs Huckbody stats

Johnny Eblen stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Collin Huckbody made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Johnny Eblen's 11th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Johnny Eblen's Bellator record stood at 11-0-0, while Collin Huckbody's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Eblen had a massive power advantage over Huckbody, boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Huckbody's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Huckbody had a massive advantage over Eblen, boasting a 60% submission rate over Eblen's 11%.

Johnny Eblen was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

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

Eblen's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Huckbody's, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 months later than Huckbody, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 42 to Huckbody's 37.

Eblen vs Huckbody form

Eblen remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against John Salter at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Louis, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Collin Huckbody at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Travis Davis at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Daniel Madrid at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Mauricio Alonso at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

Activity check

Eblen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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