Mousasi vs Eblen

Who won Mousasi vs Eblen?

Johnny Eblen beat Gegard Mousasi by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 282, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-45, 50-45 in favor of the winner Johnny Eblen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Middleweight championship.

Mousasi vs Eblen stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 48 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 27 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Johnny Eblen made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 11 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Johnny Eblen marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Gegard Mousasi's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Johnny Eblen's came in at 11-0-0.

The stats suggested Mousasi had an advantage in power over Eblen, with a 56% knock out percentage over Eblen's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mousasi had an advantage over Eblen, with a 25% submission rate over Eblen's 9%.

Gegard Mousasi was the older man by 6 years, at 39 years old.

Mousasi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Eblen. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 46 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 14 years and 2 months earlier than Eblen, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 73 more professional rounds, 115 to Eblen's 42.

Mousasi vs Eblen form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten John Salter at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Louis.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Collin Huckbody at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Travis Davis at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Daniel Madrid at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Mousasi's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 11 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Eblen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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