Archuleta vs Barzola

Who won Archuleta vs Barzola?

Juan Archuleta beat Enrique Barzola by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 286, on Saturday 1st October 2022 at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 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 Barzola stats

Juan Archuleta stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Enrique Barzola made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Juan Archuleta's 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Enrique Barzola marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Juan Archuleta's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Enrique Barzola's came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had an advantage in power over Barzola, with a 44% knock out percentage over Barzola's 28%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Barzola had an advantage over Archuleta, with a 22% submission rate over Archuleta's 4%.

Juan Archuleta was the older man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Barzola had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Archuleta was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 7 months later than Barzola, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 101 to Barzola's 81.

Archuleta vs Barzola form

Juan Archuleta had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Hiromasa Ougikubo at Super RIZIN 2 on 30th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their Rizin Bantamweight championship fight at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had beaten Naoki Inoue at RIZIN 42 on 6th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Tokyo Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Soo Chul Kim at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN on 31st December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he was victorious against Enrique Barzola at Bellator 286 on 1st October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, United States.

He had lost to Raufeon Stots at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Barzola's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.3 rounds on average.

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