Archuleta vs Joplin

Who won Archuleta vs Joplin?

Juan Archuleta beat William Joplin by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 195, on Friday 2nd March 2018 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

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

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 Joplin stats

Juan Archuleta stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

William Joplin made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Juan Archuleta's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while William Joplin's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had a massive power advantage over Joplin, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Joplin's 12%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Joplin had a massive advantage over Archuleta, boasting a 59% submission rate over Archuleta's 6%.

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

Joplin had 2-inch reach advantage.

Archuleta was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 3 years and 3 months later than Joplin, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 99 to Joplin's 82.

Archuleta vs Joplin form

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

In his last fight before 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 4 years, 10 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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