Archuleta vs Joplin

Who won Archuleta vs Joplin?

Juan Archuleta beat William Joplin by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 195, on Friday 2nd March 2018 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Juan Archuleta.

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).

Archuleta vs Joplin stats

Juan Archuleta stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

William Joplin made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

This was Juan Archuleta's 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Juan Archuleta's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while William Joplin's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had a massive power advantage over Joplin, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Joplin's 12%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Joplin had a massive advantage over Archuleta, boasting a 59% submission rate over Archuleta's 6%.

Juan Archuleta was the older man by 37 years, at 37 years old.

Joplin had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Archuleta was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 3 months later than Joplin, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 101 to Joplin's 82.

Archuleta vs Joplin form

Juan Archuleta had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Soo Chul Kim at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Enrique Barzola at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Raufeon Stots at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had been beaten by Sergio Pettis at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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