Edwards vs Vanderford

Who won Edwards vs Vanderford?

Austin Vanderford beat Fabian Edwards by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 259, on Friday 21st May 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Austin Vanderford.

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).

Edwards vs Vanderford stats

Fabian Edwards stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Austin Vanderford made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Fabian Edwards' 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Austin Vanderford marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Fabian Edwards' Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Austin Vanderford's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Edwards had a slight advantage in power over Vanderford, with a 33% knock out percentage over Vanderford's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a slight advantage over Vanderford, with a 33% submission rate over Vanderford's 30%.

Fabian Edwards was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Edwards had a height advantage of 2 inches over Vanderford. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Edwards was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 months later than Vanderford, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 47 to Vanderford's 31.

Edwards vs Vanderford form

Austin Vanderford had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had won against Fabian Edwards at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Vinicius de Jesus at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Grachik Bozinyan at Bellator 234 on 14th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel.

He was victorious against Cody Jones at Bellator 215 on 15th February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Activity check

Edwards' last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

Vanderford's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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