Medeiros vs Sanchez

Who won Medeiros vs Sanchez?

Yancy Medeiros beat Emmanuel Sanchez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 279, on Saturday 23rd April 2022 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Yancy Medeiros.

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 Sanchez stats

Yancy Medeiros stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Emmanuel Sanchez made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Yancy Medeiros' 3rd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Yancy Medeiros' Bellator record stood at 1-1-0, while Emmanuel Sanchez's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Medeiros had a massive power advantage over Sanchez, boasting a 53% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sanchez had an advantage over Medeiros, with a 40% submission rate over Medeiros' 27%.

Yancy Medeiros was the older man by 3 years, at 37 years old.

Medeiros had a height advantage of 1 inch over Sanchez. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Medeiros was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Sanchez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 23 less professional rounds, 52 to Sanchez's 75.

Medeiros vs Sanchez 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 6 years, 3 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Sanchez's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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