Machida vs Edwards

Who won Machida vs Edwards?

Fabian Edwards beat Lyoto Machida by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator 281, on Friday 13th May 2022 at SSE Arena in London.

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).

Machida vs Edwards stats

Lyoto Machida stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Fabian Edwards made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Lyoto Machida's Bellator record stood at 2-4-0, while Fabian Edwards' came in at 9-3-0.

The stats suggested Machida had a slight advantage in power over Edwards, with a 42% knock out percentage over Edwards' 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Edwards had a large advantage over Machida, boasting a 33% submission rate over Machida's 8%.

Lyoto Machida was the older man by 14 years, at 45 years old.

Edwards had a 6-inch reach advantage.

Machida was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 26 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 14 years earlier than Edwards, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 62 more professional rounds, 99 to Edwards' 37.

Machida vs Edwards form

Machida had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Phil Davis at Bellator 245 on 11th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chael Sonnen at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 213 on 15th December 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had defeated Vitor Belfort at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Edwards 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 was victorious against Charlie Ward at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Previous to that, he had won against Lyoto Machida at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Austin Vanderford 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 lost to Costello van Steenis at Bellator Euro Series 8 on 26th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud, Milan, Italy.

He had beaten Mike Shipman at Bellator London on 23rd November 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Fabian Edwards had been fighting more than Lyoto Machida.

Going to this contest, Lyoto Machida had last fought 3 years, 7 months and 23 days ago, while Fabian Edwards' last outing had been 1 year, 6 months and 5 days ago.

Machida's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Edwards' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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