Mousasi vs Machida

Who won Mousasi vs Machida?

Gegard Mousasi beat Lyoto Machida by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Bellator 228, on Saturday 28th September 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gegard Mousasi.

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).

Mousasi vs Machida stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 45 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 26 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Lyoto Machida made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Gegard Mousasi's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Lyoto Machida's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Mousasi had an advantage in power over Machida, with a 58% knock out percentage over Machida's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mousasi had an advantage over Machida, with a 27% submission rate over Machida's 8%.

Gegard Mousasi was the younger man by 7 years, at 39 years old.

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

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 20 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 5 days earlier than Machida, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 115 to Machida's 99.

Mousasi vs Machida form

Gegard Mousasi had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rafael Lovato Jr at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by majority decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, England.

Previous to that, he had won against Rory MacDonald at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 200 on 25th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Chris Weidman at UFC 210 on 8th April 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, United States.

He was victorious against Thiago Santos at UFC 200 on 9th July 2016 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Mousasi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 8 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Machida's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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