Machida vs Carvalho

Who won Machida vs Carvalho?

Lyoto Machida beat Rafael Carvalho by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 213, on Saturday 15th December 2018 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lyoto Machida.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Machida vs Carvalho stats

Lyoto Machida stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Rafael Carvalho made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Lyoto Machida's Bellator record stood at 2-4-0, while Rafael Carvalho's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Carvalho had a massive power advantage over Machida, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Machida's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Machida had a slight advantage over Carvalho, with a 8% submission rate over Carvalho's 0%.

Lyoto Machida was the older man by 8 years, at 45 years old.

Carvalho had a height advantage of 2 inches over Machida. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Machida was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 8 years and 7 months earlier than Carvalho, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 99 to Carvalho's 51.

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Machida's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Machida vs Carvalho?

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