Archuleta vs Dantas

Who won Archuleta vs Dantas?

Juan Archuleta beat Eduardo Dantas by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 222, on Friday 14th June 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Archuleta vs Dantas stats

Juan Archuleta stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Eduardo Dantas made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 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 Eduardo Dantas' came in at 11-4-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had a large advantage in power over Dantas, boasting a 45% knock out percentage over Dantas' 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Dantas had a large advantage over Archuleta, boasting a 29% submission rate over Archuleta's 5%.

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

Dantas had a height advantage of 3 inches over Archuleta. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Archuleta was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 6 years and 4 months later than Dantas, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 101 to Dantas' 74.

Archuleta vs Dantas 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.

Dantas' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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