Carvalho vs Niedzielski

Who won Carvalho vs Niedzielski?

Piotr Niedzielski beat Pedro Carvalho by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 280, on Friday 6th May 2022 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Piotr Niedzielski.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Carvalho vs Niedzielski stats

Pedro Carvalho stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Piotr Niedzielski made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Pedro Carvalho's 11th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Pedro Carvalho's Bellator record stood at 6-5-0, while Piotr Niedzielski's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Carvalho had an advantage in power over Niedzielski, with a 17% knock out percentage over Niedzielski's 0%.

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

Pedro Carvalho was the younger man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Carvalho had a height advantage of 2 inches over Niedzielski. Despite this, Niedzielski had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Carvalho was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 8 months later than Niedzielski, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 43 to Niedzielski's 52.

Carvalho vs Niedzielski form

Pedro Carvalho had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Kai Kamaka III at PFL 6: 2024 Regular Season on 28th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Aaron Pico at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had lost to Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator Dublin on 24th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

He had won against Mads Burnell at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin.

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Carvalho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 16 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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