Franklin vs Golm

Who won Franklin vs Golm?

Marcelo Golm beat Davion Franklin by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of Bellator MMA, on Friday 22nd July 2022 at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel in Tacoma.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Franklin vs Golm stats

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

Marcelo Golm made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Davion Franklin's Bellator record stood at 6-2-0, while Marcelo Golm's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Golm had a massive power advantage over Franklin, boasting a 78% knock out percentage over Franklin's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Golm had a large advantage over Franklin, boasting a 22% submission rate over Franklin's 0%.

Davion Franklin was the younger man by 2 years, at 29 years old.

Golm had a height advantage of 1 inch over Franklin. Despite this, he had 4-inch reach advantage.

Franklin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 4 years and 9 months later than Golm, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 16 to Golm's 24.

Franklin vs Golm form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kasim Aras at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marcelo Golm at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Said Sowma at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Everett Cummings at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He was victorious against Tyler King at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Franklin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Franklin vs Golm?

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