Henderson vs Mamedov

Who won Henderson vs Mamedov?

Benson Henderson beat Islam Mamedov by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 273, on Saturday 29th January 2022 at Footprint Center in Phoenix.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Benson Henderson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Henderson vs Mamedov stats

Benson Henderson stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 11 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Islam Mamedov made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Benson Henderson's Bellator record stood at 7-7-0, while Islam Mamedov's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Mamedov had a slight advantage in power over Henderson, with a 20% knock out percentage over Henderson's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mamedov had an advantage over Henderson, with a 45% submission rate over Henderson's 32%.

Benson Henderson was the older man by 7 years, at 41 years old.

Mamedov had a height advantage of 3 inches over Henderson. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Henderson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Mamedov, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 73 more professional rounds, 124 to Mamedov's 51.

Henderson vs Mamedov form

Benson Henderson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Brent Primus at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jason Jackson at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Michael Chandler at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had won against Myles Jury at Bellator 227 on 27th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

He had beaten Adam Piccolotti at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Activity check

Henderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Mamedov's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

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