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 40 more professional rounds, 42 to James' 2.

Moldavsky vs James form

Valentin Moldavsky had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Steve Mowry at Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward on 11th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Linton Vassell at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, his fight against Steve Mowry at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ryan Bader at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

He had beaten Timothy Johnson at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Moldavsky's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 10 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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