Mousasi vs Vanderford

Who won Mousasi vs Vanderford?

Gegard Mousasi beat Austin Vanderford by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator MMA, on Friday 25th February 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Middleweight championship.

Mousasi vs Vanderford stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 48 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 27 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Austin Vanderford made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Austin Vanderford marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Gegard Mousasi's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Austin Vanderford's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Mousasi had a large advantage in power over Vanderford, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Vanderford's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vanderford had a slight advantage over Mousasi, with a 30% submission rate over Mousasi's 25%.

Gegard Mousasi was the older man by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Mousasi had a height advantage of 3 inches over Vanderford. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 47 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 13 years and 10 months earlier than Vanderford, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 84 more professional rounds, 115 to Vanderford's 31.

Mousasi vs Vanderford form

Vanderford had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Nikolay Veretennikov at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song on 22nd February 2025 by knockout in the 2nd round at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had beaten Fabian Edwards at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had defeated Vinicius de Jesus at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Mousasi's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 11 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Vanderford's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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