Johnson vs Moldavsky

Who won Johnson vs Moldavsky?

Valentin Moldavsky beat Timothy Johnson by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 261, on Friday 25th June 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 49-46, 49-46 in favor of the winner Valentin Moldavsky.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Johnson vs Moldavsky stats

Timothy Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Valentin Moldavsky made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Timothy Johnson's Bellator record stood at 4-5-0, while Valentin Moldavsky's came in at 7-2-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had a massive power advantage over Moldavsky, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Moldavsky's 10%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moldavsky had a slight advantage over Johnson, with a 30% submission rate over Johnson's 27%.

Timothy Johnson was the older man by 7 years, at 39 years old.

Johnson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Moldavsky. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Johnson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 4 years and 3 months earlier than Moldavsky, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 46 to Moldavsky's 39.

Johnson vs Moldavsky form

Johnson had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Cheick Kongo at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had beaten Matt Mitrione at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Before that, he had lost to Vitaly Minakov at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

He had been beaten by Cheick Kongo at Bellator 208 on 13th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Moldavsky's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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