Yagshimuradov vs Carvalho

Who won Yagshimuradov vs Carvalho?

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov beat Rafael Carvalho by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of Bellator 277, on Friday 15th April 2022 at SAP Center in San Jose.

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).

Yagshimuradov vs Carvalho stats

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Rafael Carvalho made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov's 5th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov's Bellator record stood at 3-2-0, while Rafael Carvalho's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Carvalho had an advantage in power over Yagshimuradov, with a 75% knock out percentage over Yagshimuradov's 61%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yagshimuradov had a large advantage over Carvalho, boasting a 22% submission rate over Carvalho's 0%.

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov was the younger man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Carvalho had a height advantage of 4 inches over Yagshimuradov.

Yagshimuradov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 months later than Carvalho, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 68 to Carvalho's 51.

Yagshimuradov vs Carvalho form

Rafael Carvalho had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 230 on 12th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Lyoto Machida at Bellator 213 on 15th December 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had lost to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 200 on 25th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Yagshimuradov's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Carvalho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 29 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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