Who won Anderson vs Davis?
Corey Anderson beat Phil Davis by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 297, on Friday 16th June 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Corey Anderson.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).
Anderson vs Davis stats
Corey Anderson stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Phil Davis made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.
The stats suggested Anderson had a large advantage in power over Davis, boasting at 50% knock out percentage over Davis' 25%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Davis had a large advantage over Anderson, boosting at 21% submission rate over Anderson's 0%.
Corey Anderson was the younger man by 5 years, at 34 years old.
Anderson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Davis. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Anderson was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 year and 5 months later than Davis, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 27 less professional rounds, 60 to Davis' 87.
Anderson vs Davis form
Anderson had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Jan Blachowicz at UFC on ESPN+ 25 on 15th February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho.
Before that, he had beat Ilir Latifi at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.
He had defeated Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 134 on 22nd July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany.
Davis had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Julius Anglickas at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Louis, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Yoel Romero at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.
Going into that contest, he had lost to Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Before that, he had defeated Lyoto Machida at Bellator 245 on 11th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
He had beat Karl Albrektsson at Bellator 231 on 25th October 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Phil Davis had been fighting more than Corey Anderson.
Going to this contest, Corey Anderson had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 6 days ago, while Phil Davis' last outing had been 2 years and 11 days ago.
Anderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.
Davis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Anderson vs Davis?
Corey Anderson was a 13/25 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Phil Davis made his way into the ring at 11/8 (+140) with oddsmakers.
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