Archuleta vs Bandejas

Who won Archuleta vs Bandejas?

Juan Archuleta beat Ricky Bandejas by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 214, on Saturday 26th January 2019 at The Forum in Los Angeles.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Juan Archuleta.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Archuleta vs Bandejas stats

Juan Archuleta stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Ricky Bandejas made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Juan Archuleta's 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Juan Archuleta's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Ricky Bandejas' came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had an advantage in power over Bandejas, with a 48% knock out percentage over Bandejas' 36%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bandejas had a large advantage over Archuleta, boasting a 27% submission rate over Archuleta's 5%.

Juan Archuleta was the older man by 4 years, at 36 years old.

Bandejas had a height advantage of 3 inches over Archuleta. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Archuleta was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 8 months earlier than Bandejas, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 62 more professional rounds, 101 to Bandejas' 39.

Archuleta vs Bandejas form

Archuleta had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sergio Pettis at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Patchy Mix at Bellator 246 on 12th September 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Bantamweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Henry Corrales at Bellator 238 on 25th January 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had been beaten by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had defeated Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

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Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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