Who won Anderson vs Moore?
Corey Anderson beat Karl Moore by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator Champions Series, on Friday 22nd March 2024 at SSE Arena in Belfast.
The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 50-45 in favor of the winner Corey Anderson.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).
This contest was for the Bellator Light Heavyweight championship.
Anderson vs Moore stats
Corey Anderson stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Karl Moore made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.
Corey Anderson's Bellator record stood at 5-1-0, while Karl Moore's came in at 4-1-0.
The stats suggested Anderson had a large advantage in power over Moore, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Moore's 17%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Moore had a massive advantage over Anderson, boasting a 42% submission rate over Anderson's 0%.
Corey Anderson was the older man by 2 years, at 34 years old.
Anderson had a height advantage of 1 inch over Moore. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.
Anderson was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 4 months later than Moore, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 65 to Moore's 36.
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Moore's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Anderson vs Moore?
Corey Anderson was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Karl Moore made his way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.
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