Shipman vs Babene

Who won Shipman vs Babene?

Gregory Babene beat Mike Shipman by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 280, on Friday 6th May 2022 at Accor Arena in Paris.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Shipman vs Babene stats

Mike Shipman stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Gregory Babene made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Mike Shipman's 11th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Gregory Babene marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2016.

Mike Shipman's Bellator record stood at 8-3-0, while Gregory Babene's came in at 5-1-0.

The stats suggested Shipman had a massive power advantage over Babene, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Babene's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shipman had a massive advantage over Babene, boasting a 36% submission rate over Babene's 0%.

Mike Shipman was the younger man by 41 years, at years old.

Babene had a height advantage of 2 inches over Shipman.

Shipman was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 12 years later than Babene, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 37 to Babene's 51.

Shipman vs Babene form

Mike Shipman had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Charlie Ward at Bellator Dublin on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had lost to Gregory Babene at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Pietro Penini at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

Before that, he had been beaten by Fabian Edwards at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

He had been defeated by Costello van Steenis at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at SSE Arena, London.

Activity check

Shipman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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