Minakov vs Johnson

Who won Minakov vs Johnson?

Vitaly Minakov beat Timothy Johnson by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator 225, on Saturday 24th August 2019 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.

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).

Minakov vs Johnson stats

Vitaly Minakov stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Timothy Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

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

Vitaly Minakov's Bellator record stood at 6-2-0, while Timothy Johnson's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Minakov had an advantage in power over Johnson, with a 57% knock out percentage over Johnson's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Minakov and Johnson would have been pretty equal, both with a 33% submission rate.

Vitaly Minakov was the same age as Timothy Johnson, at 40 years old.

Johnson had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Minakov's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Johnson's, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 months earlier than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 42 to Johnson's 51.

Minakov vs Johnson form

Timothy Johnson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Said Sowma at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Linton Vassell at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator MMA on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had been defeated by Valentin Moldavsky at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had beaten Cheick Kongo at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

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Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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