Jackson vs Henderson

Who won Jackson vs Henderson?

Jason Jackson beat Benson Henderson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 253, on Thursday 19th November 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jason Jackson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Jackson vs Henderson stats

Jason Jackson stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Benson Henderson made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

Jason Jackson's Bellator record stood at 9-1-0, while Benson Henderson's came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Henderson had an advantage in power over Jackson, with a 18% knock out percentage over Jackson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Henderson had a massive advantage over Jackson, boasting a 32% submission rate over Jackson's 0%.

Jason Jackson was the younger man by 7 years, at 33 years old.

Jackson had a height advantage of 4 inches over Henderson. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Jackson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 37 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 5 years and 5 months later than Henderson, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 67 less professional rounds, 57 to Henderson's 124.

Jackson vs Henderson form

Jason Jackson had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jordan Mein at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Kiichi Kunimoto at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Ed Ruth at Bellator 231 on 25th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Hemerson Souza at LFA 71 on 12th July 2019 by split decision in their LFA Welterweight championship fight at Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta.

He was victorious against Scott Futrell at LFA 64 on 26th April 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Benson Henderson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Peter Queally at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Islam Mamedov at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Brent Primus at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Before that, he had been defeated by Jason Jackson at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had lost to Michael Chandler at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Benson Henderson had been fighting more than Jason Jackson.

Going to this contest, Jason Jackson had last fought 3 years, 9 months and 2 days ago, while Benson Henderson's last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 3 days ago.

Jackson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Henderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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