Amosov vs Rickels

Who won Amosov vs Rickels?

Yaroslav Amosov beat David Rickels by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 225, on Saturday 24th August 2019 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yaroslav Amosov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the 175 Catchweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

Amosov vs Rickels stats

Yaroslav Amosov stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

David Rickels made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Yaroslav Amosov's Bellator record stood at 8-1-0, while David Rickels' came in at 15-6-0.

The stats suggested Rickels had a massive power advantage over Amosov, boasting a 33% knock out percentage over Amosov's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rickels had a large advantage over Amosov, boasting a 29% submission rate over Amosov's 0%.

Yaroslav Amosov was the younger man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

Rickels had a height advantage of 1 inch over Amosov. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Amosov was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 26 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 4 months later than Rickels, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 57 to Rickels' 60.

Amosov vs Rickels form

Yaroslav Amosov had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Logan Storley at Bellator Dublin on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Douglas Lima at Bellator 260 on 11th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Logan Storley at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Ed Ruth at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

He had won against David Rickels at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

Activity check

Amosov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 7 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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