Bader vs Emelianenko

Who won Bader vs Emelianenko?

Ryan Bader beat Fedor Emelianenko by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 214, on Saturday 26th January 2019 at The Forum in Los Angeles.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Bader vs Emelianenko stats

Ryan Bader stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Fedor Emelianenko made his way to the cage with a record of 38 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out and 15 by submission.

Ryan Bader's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Fedor Emelianenko's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Bader had a slight advantage in power over Emelianenko, with a 42% knock out percentage over Emelianenko's 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Emelianenko had a large advantage over Bader, boasting a 39% submission rate over Bader's 12%.

Ryan Bader was the younger man by 6 years, at 41 years old.

Bader had a height advantage of 2 inches over Emelianenko. Despite this, Emelianenko had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Bader was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 6 years and 10 months later than Emelianenko, whose first professional fight was in 2000. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 90 to Emelianenko's 69.

Bader vs Emelianenko form

Bader had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Kia Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Cheick Kongo at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Valentin Moldavsky at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Heavyweight championship fight at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Before that, he had lost to Corey Anderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

He was victorious against Lyoto Machida at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

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Bader's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Emelianenko's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 1 month and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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