Messaros vs Bellato

Who won Messaros vs Bellato?

Rodolfo Bellato beat Mateus Messaros by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of LFA 154, on Friday 10th March 2023 at Ginásio do Polvilho in Cajamar.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Messaros vs Bellato stats

Mateus Messaros stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Rodolfo Bellato made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Rodolfo Bellato marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Mateus Messaros' LFA record stood at 0-1-0, while Rodolfo Bellato's came in at 4-0-0.

The stats suggested Bellato had an advantage in power over Messaros, with a 50% knock out percentage over Messaros' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Messaros and Bellato would have been pretty equal, both with a 50% submission rate.

Mateus Messaros was the same age as Rodolfo Bellato, at years old.

Messaros was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 8 months later than Bellato, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 43 to Bellato's 26.

Messaros vs Bellato form

Bellato had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2opponents and going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Murtaza Talha at Contender Series 2023 on 3rd October 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Acacio dos Santos at LFA 159 on 27th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at CIDE Casa Branca Sports Complex, Caraguatatuba, Brazil.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Mateus Messaros at LFA 154 on 10th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Ginásio do Polvilho, Cajamar.

Before that, he was victorious against Thiago Vieira at LFA 126 on 11th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Complexo Ribalta, Rio de Janeiro.

He had won against Carlos Eduardo at LFA 111 on 16th July 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Upper Arena, Rio de Janeiro.

Activity check

Bellato's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Messaros vs Bellato?

Mateus Messaros was a 11/2 (+550) underdog going into the contest, while Rodolfo Bellato made his way into the ring at 1/10 (-1000) with oddsmakers.