Eblen vs Salter

Who won Eblen vs Salter?

Johnny Eblen beat John Salter by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 276, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at The Family Arena in St. Louis.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Johnny Eblen.

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 Salter stats

Johnny Eblen stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

John Salter made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 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 John Salter's came in at 9-3-0.

The stats suggested Eblen had an advantage in power over Salter, with a 50% knock out percentage over Salter's 39%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Salter had a massive advantage over Eblen, boasting a 56% submission rate over Eblen's 10%.

Johnny Eblen was the younger man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Eblen was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 8 years and 3 months later than Salter, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 42 to Salter's 45.

Eblen vs Salter form

John Salter had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Andrew Kapel at Bellator 244 on 21st August 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Costello van Steenis at Bellator 233 on 8th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Before that, he had defeated Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 210 on 30th November 2018 by submission in the 1st round at WinStar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville.

He had been beaten by Rafael Lovato Jr at Bellator 205 on 21st September 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Centurylink Arena, Boise.

Activity check

Eblen's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Salter's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Eblen vs Salter?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Eblen vs Salter.