Emelianenko vs Johnson

Who won Emelianenko vs Johnson?

Fedor Emelianenko beat Timothy Johnson by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator MMA, on Saturday 23rd October 2021 at VTB Arena in Moscow.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Emelianenko vs Johnson stats

Fedor Emelianenko stepped into the octagon with a record of 39 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 15 by submission.

Timothy Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Timothy Johnson marked his 9th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Fedor Emelianenko's Bellator record stood at 4-3-0, while Timothy Johnson's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had an advantage in power over Emelianenko, with a 53% knock out percentage over Emelianenko's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Emelianenko had an advantage over Johnson, with a 38% submission rate over Johnson's 20%.

Fedor Emelianenko was the older man by 8 years, at 48 years old.

Johnson had a height advantage of 3 inches over Emelianenko. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Emelianenko was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2000, 10 years and 5 months earlier than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 69 to Johnson's 50.

Emelianenko vs Johnson form

Johnson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Valentin Moldavsky at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Cheick Kongo at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Matt Mitrione at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

He had been beaten by Vitaly Minakov at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

Activity check

Emelianenko's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month 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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