Carvalho vs Njokuani

Who won Carvalho vs Njokuani?

Rafael Carvalho beat Chidi Njokuani by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 224, on Friday 12th July 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rafael Carvalho.

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).

Carvalho vs Njokuani stats

Rafael Carvalho stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Chidi Njokuani made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Chidi Njokuani marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Rafael Carvalho's Bellator record stood at 7-6-0, while Chidi Njokuani's came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Carvalho had a large advantage in power over Njokuani, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Njokuani's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Njokuani had a slight advantage over Carvalho, with a 6% submission rate over Carvalho's 0%.

Rafael Carvalho was the older man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Njokuani had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Carvalho was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 1 month later than Njokuani, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 51 to Njokuani's 72.

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Carvalho's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 3 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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