Higo vs Sabatello

Who won Higo vs Sabatello?

Danny Sabatello beat Leandro Higo by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 282, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 49-46 in favor of the winner Danny Sabatello.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Higo vs Sabatello stats

Leandro Higo stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Danny Sabatello made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Danny Sabatello marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Leandro Higo's Bellator record stood at 6-4-0, while Danny Sabatello's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Sabatello had a slight advantage in power over Higo, with a 25% knock out percentage over Higo's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Higo had a large advantage over Sabatello, boasting a 60% submission rate over Sabatello's 33%.

Leandro Higo was the older man by 5 years, at 36 years old.

Sabatello had a height advantage of 2 inches over Higo. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Higo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 12 years and 2 months earlier than Sabatello, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 63 to Sabatello's 49.

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Sabatello's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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