Moldavsky vs James

Who won Moldavsky vs James?

Valentin Moldavsky beat Ernest James by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 202, on Friday 13th July 2018 at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville.

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).

Moldavsky vs James stats

Valentin Moldavsky stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

Ernest James made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 1 win, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Valentin Moldavsky's Bellator record stood at 7-2-0, while Ernest James' came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested James had a massive power advantage over Moldavsky, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Moldavsky's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moldavsky had a massive advantage over James, boasting a 50% submission rate over James' 0%.

Valentin Moldavsky was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

James had a height advantage of 2 inches over Moldavsky.

Moldavsky was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 years and 7 months earlier than James, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 37 more professional rounds, 39 to James' 2.

Moldavsky vs James form

Valentin Moldavsky had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, his fight against Steve Mowry at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 ended in a no contest.

Previous to that, he had lost to Ryan Bader at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Going into that contest, he had won against Timothy Johnson at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Roy Nelson at Bellator 244 on 21st August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Javy Ayala at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Activity check

Moldavsky's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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