Medeiros vs Ayvazyan

Who won Medeiros vs Ayvazyan?

Jora Ayvazyan beat Yancy Medeiros by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator Champions Series, on Saturday 7th September 2024 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Jora Ayvazyan.

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).

Medeiros vs Ayvazyan stats

Yancy Medeiros stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jora Ayvazyan made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Yancy Medeiros' 3rd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Jora Ayvazyan marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Yancy Medeiros' Bellator record stood at 1-1-0, while Jora Ayvazyan's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Ayvazyan had a slight advantage in power over Medeiros, with a 57% knock out percentage over Medeiros' 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Medeiros had a large advantage over Ayvazyan, boasting a 29% submission rate over Ayvazyan's 7%.

Yancy Medeiros was the older man by 8 years, at 37 years old.

Medeiros had a height advantage of 4 inches over Ayvazyan.

Medeiros was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 10 years and 3 months earlier than Ayvazyan, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 52 to Ayvazyan's 34.

Medeiros vs Ayvazyan form

Yancy Medeiros had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Charlie Leary at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Damir Had ovi at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Lando Vannata at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho.

He had been defeated by Gregor Gillespie at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

Medeiros' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Medeiros vs Ayvazyan start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 12:10 AM UTC , which was 8:10 PM EST or 5:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:10 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Medeiros vs Ayvazyan?

Yancy Medeiros was a 19/5 (+380) underdog going into the contest, while Jora Ayvazyan made his way into the ring at 2/13 (-670) with oddsmakers.