Bader vs Lawal

Who won Bader vs Lawal?

Ryan Bader beat Muhammed Lawal by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 199, on Saturday 12th May 2018 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Bader vs Lawal stats

Ryan Bader stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Muhammed Lawal made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out.

Ryan Bader's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Muhammed Lawal's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Lawal had an advantage in power over Bader, with a 62% knock out percentage over Bader's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bader had an advantage over Lawal, with a 13% submission rate over Lawal's 0%.

Ryan Bader was the younger man by 3 years, at 41 years old.

Bader had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lawal. Despite this, Lawal had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Bader was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year and 5 months earlier than Lawal, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 90 to Lawal's 71.

Bader vs Lawal form

Bader had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Renan Ferreira at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had won against Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Kia Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Cheick Kongo at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had defeated Valentin Moldavsky at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

He had been beaten by Corey Anderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

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Bader's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 9 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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