Eblen vs Huckbody

Who won Eblen vs Huckbody?

Johnny Eblen beat Collin Huckbody by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator MMA, on Friday 3rd December 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

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).

Eblen vs Huckbody stats

Johnny Eblen stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Collin Huckbody made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Johnny Eblen's 11th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Johnny Eblen's Bellator record stood at 11-0-0, while Collin Huckbody's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Eblen had a massive power advantage over Huckbody, boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Huckbody's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Huckbody had a massive advantage over Eblen, boasting a 60% submission rate over Eblen's 11%.

Johnny Eblen was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Huckbody had a height advantage of 2 inches over Eblen. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Eblen's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Huckbody's, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 months later than Huckbody, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 42 to Huckbody's 37.

Eblen vs Huckbody form

Eblen remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Fabian Edwards at PFL Super Fights: Battle of the Giants on 19th October 2024 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had beaten Impa Kasanganay at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Fabian Edwards at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he was victorious against Anatoly Tokov at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Kia Forum, Inglewood, United States.

He had won against Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Eblen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

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