Macfarlane vs Arteaga

Who won Macfarlane vs Arteaga?

Ilima Lei Macfarlane beat Veta Arteaga by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Bellator 220, on Saturday 27th April 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator women’s flyweight championship.

Macfarlane vs Arteaga stats

Ilima Lei Macfarlane stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Veta Arteaga made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane's Bellator record stood at 12-3-0, while Veta Arteaga's came in at 6-6-0.

The stats suggested Arteaga had a slight advantage in power over Macfarlane, with a 20% knock out percentage over Macfarlane's 11%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Macfarlane had a massive advantage over Arteaga, boasting a 67% submission rate over Arteaga's 20%.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane was the younger man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Macfarlane had 3-inch reach advantage.

Macfarlane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year earlier than Arteaga, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 49 to Arteaga's 37.

Macfarlane vs Arteaga form

Ilima Lei Macfarlane had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Liz Carmouche at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by knockout in the 5th round in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Kana Watanabe at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Bruna Ellen at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had been beaten by Justine Kish at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had been defeated by Juliana Velasquez at Bellator 254 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Macfarlane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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