Macfarlane vs Ellen

Who won Macfarlane vs Ellen?

Ilima Lei Macfarlane beat Bruna Ellen by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 284, on Friday 12th August 2022 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 in favor of the winner Ilima Lei Macfarlane.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Macfarlane vs Ellen stats

Ilima Lei Macfarlane stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Bruna Ellen made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane's Bellator record stood at 12-3-0, while Bruna Ellen's came in at 5-4-0.

The stats suggested Macfarlane had a slight advantage in power over Ellen, with a 18% knock out percentage over Ellen's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Macfarlane had a massive advantage over Ellen, boasting a 55% submission rate over Ellen's 0%.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane was the older man by 7 years, at 34 years old.

Macfarlane had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ellen.

Macfarlane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 months earlier than Ellen, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 49 to Ellen's 31.

Macfarlane vs Ellen form

Macfarlane had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kate Jackson at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Veta Arteaga at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Val rie L tourneau at Bellator 213 on 15th December 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he was victorious against Alejandra Lara at Bellator 201 on 29th June 2018 by submission in the 3rd round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

He had won against Jessica Middleton at Bellator 178 on 21st April 2017 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Macfarlane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Ellen's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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