Aguiar vs Johnson

Who won Aguiar vs Johnson?

Fabio Aguiar beat Taylor Johnson by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 265, on Friday 20th August 2021 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Fabio Aguiar.

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).

Aguiar vs Johnson stats

Fabio Aguiar stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Taylor Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Fabio Aguiar's Bellator record stood at 1-2-0, while Taylor Johnson's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Johnson had an advantage in power over Aguiar, with a 71% knock out percentage over Aguiar's 53%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Aguiar and Johnson would have been pretty equal, both with a 29% submission rate.

Fabio Aguiar was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Aguiar had a height advantage of 1 inch over Johnson. Despite this, Johnson had 2-inch reach advantage.

Aguiar was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 10 months earlier than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 44 to Johnson's 22.

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Johnson's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Aguiar vs Johnson?

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