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

Archuleta had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 214 on 26th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Los Angeles.

Before that, he had defeated Jeremy Spoon at Bellator 210 on 30th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville.

He was victorious against Robbie Peralta at Bellator 201 on 29th June 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Activity check

Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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