Almeida vs Franco

Who won Almeida vs Franco?

Weber Almeida beat Fabricio Franco by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of Bellator 278, on Friday 22nd April 2022 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Almeida vs Franco stats

Weber Almeida stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

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

Weber Almeida's Bellator record stood at 5-2-0, while Fabricio Franco's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Almeida had a massive power advantage over Franco, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Franco's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Almeida and Franco would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Weber Almeida was the older man by 7 years, at 36 years old.

Franco had a height advantage of 2 inches over Almeida.

Almeida was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 8 years and 7 months later than Franco, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 17 to Franco's 23.

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Almeida's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Almeida vs Franco?

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