Archuleta vs Stots

Who won Archuleta vs Stots?

Raufeon Stots beat Juan Archuleta by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Bellator 279, on Saturday 23rd April 2022 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Archuleta vs Stots 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.

Raufeon Stots made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 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.

Juan Archuleta's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Raufeon Stots' came in at 8-1-0.

The stats suggested Archuleta had a large advantage in power over Stots, boasting a 44% knock out percentage over Stots' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Stots had an advantage over Archuleta, with a 24% submission rate over Archuleta's 4%.

Juan Archuleta was the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Stots had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Archuleta was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 9 months earlier than Stots, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 41 more professional rounds, 101 to Stots' 60.

Archuleta vs Stots 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.

Stots had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Danny Sabatello at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Patchy Mix at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Interim Bantamweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had won against Danny Sabatello at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Juan Archuleta at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had defeated Magomed Magomedov at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Raufeon Stots had been fighting more than Juan Archuleta.

Going to this contest, Juan Archuleta had last fought 3 years, 4 months and 11 days ago, while Raufeon Stots' last outing had been 10 months and 1 day ago.

Archuleta's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Stots' last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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