Vanderford vs Jesus

Who won Vanderford vs Jesus?

Austin Vanderford beat Vinicius de Jesus by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 251, on Thursday 5th November 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Austin Vanderford.

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).

Vanderford vs Jesus stats

Austin Vanderford stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Vinicius de Jesus made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Austin Vanderford's 7th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Austin Vanderford's Bellator record stood at 5-2-0, while Vinicius de Jesus' came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Jesus had an advantage in power over Vanderford, with a 44% knock out percentage over Vanderford's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vanderford had an advantage over Jesus, with a 33% submission rate over Jesus' 22%.

Austin Vanderford was the same age as Vinicius de Jesus, at 35 years old.

Vanderford had a height advantage of 1 inch over Jesus. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Vanderford was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 3 years and 9 months later than Jesus, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 31 to Jesus' 38.

Vanderford vs Jesus form

Austin Vanderford had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

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

He had defeated Grachik Bozinyan at Bellator 234 on 14th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Vanderford's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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