Mousasi vs Lima

Who won Mousasi vs Lima?

Gegard Mousasi beat Douglas Lima by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 250, on Thursday 29th October 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gegard Mousasi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator Middleweight championship.

Mousasi vs Lima stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 46 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 26 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

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

Gegard Mousasi's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Douglas Lima's came in at 15-7-0.

The stats suggested Mousasi had a massive power advantage over Lima, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Lima's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mousasi had a large advantage over Lima, boasting a 26% submission rate over Lima's 0%.

Gegard Mousasi was the older man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Mousasi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lima. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 55 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 3 years and 2 months earlier than Lima, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 115 to Lima's 112.

Mousasi vs Lima form

Mousasi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Douglas Lima at Bellator 250 on 29th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Lyoto Machida 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 lost to Rafael Lovato Jr at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by majority decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, England.

Before that, he had defeated Rory MacDonald at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

He was victorious against Rafael Carvalho 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.

Lima had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Michael Page at Bellator London on 1st October 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 260 on 11th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 250 on 29th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had won against Rory MacDonald at Bellator 232 on 26th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had beaten Michael Page at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Douglas Lima had been fighting more than Gegard Mousasi.

Going to this contest, Gegard Mousasi had last fought 3 years, 6 months and 9 days ago, while Douglas Lima's last outing had been 2 years, 7 months and 7 days ago.

Mousasi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Lima's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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