Moldavsky vs James

Who won Moldavsky vs James?

Valentin Moldavsky beat Ernest James by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 202, on Friday 13th July 2018 at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville.

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).

Moldavsky vs James stats

Valentin Moldavsky stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

Ernest James made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 1 win, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

This was Valentin Moldavsky's 10th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Valentin Moldavsky's Bellator record stood at 7-2-0, while Ernest James' came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested James had a massive power advantage over Moldavsky, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Moldavsky's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moldavsky had a massive advantage over James, boasting a 50% submission rate over James' 0%.

Valentin Moldavsky was the older man by 33 years, at 33 years old.

James had a height advantage of 2 inches over Moldavsky.

Moldavsky was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 7 months earlier than James, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 43 more professional rounds, 45 to James' 2.

Moldavsky vs James form

Moldavsky had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Timothy Johnson at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Roy Nelson at Bellator 244 on 21st August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Javy Ayala at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Before that, he was victorious against Linton Vassell at Bellator 218 on 22nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

He had won against Ernest James at Bellator 202 on 13th July 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at WinStar World Casino and Resort, Thackerville.

Activity check

Moldavsky's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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