Archuleta vs Stots

Who won Archuleta vs Stots?

Raufeon Stots beat Juan Archuleta by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Bellator 279, on Saturday 23rd April 2022 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

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).

Archuleta vs Stots stats

Juan Archuleta stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Raufeon Stots made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Juan Archuleta's 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Raufeon Stots marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Juan Archuleta's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Raufeon Stots' came in at 8-1-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had a large advantage in power over Stots, boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Stots' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Stots had an advantage over Archuleta, with a 24% submission rate over Archuleta's 4%.

Juan Archuleta was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Stots had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Archuleta was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Stots, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 101 to Stots' 66.

Archuleta vs Stots form

Juan Archuleta had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Razhabali Shaydullaev at RIZIN 48 on 29th September 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kleber Koike Erbst at RIZIN 47 on 9th June 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Yoyogi National Stadium, Shibuya.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Kai Asakura at RIZIN 45 on 31st December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had won against Hiromasa Ougikubo at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

He had beaten Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Stots had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Danny Sabatello at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Patchy Mix at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Interim Bantamweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Danny Sabatello at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had won against Juan Archuleta at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had beaten Magomed Magomedov at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Juan Archuleta had been fighting more than Raufeon Stots.

Going to this contest, Juan Archuleta had last fought 9 months and 14 days ago, while Raufeon Stots' last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 26 days ago.

Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Stots' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 11 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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