Bader vs Lawal

Who won Bader vs Lawal?

Ryan Bader beat Muhammed Lawal by during the main event of Bellator 199, on Saturday 12th May 2018 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ryan Bader.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Bader vs Lawal stats

Ryan Bader stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Muhammed Lawal made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out.

Ryan Bader's Bellator record stood at 9-3-0, while Muhammed Lawal's came in at 10-7-0.

The stats suggested Lawal had an advantage in power over Bader, with a 62% knock out percentage over Bader's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bader had an advantage over Lawal, with a 13% submission rate over Lawal's 0%.

Ryan Bader was the younger man by 3 years, at 40 years old.

Bader had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lawal. Despite this, Lawal had 6-inch reach advantage.

Bader was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 1 year and 5 months earlier than Lawal, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 90 to Lawal's 71.

Bader vs Lawal form

Bader 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 won against Lyoto Machida at Bellator 256 on 9th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 244 on 21st August 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, his fight against Cheick Kongo at Bellator 226 on 7th September 2019 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 214 on 26th January 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at The Forum, Los Angeles.

He had defeated Matt Mitrione at Bellator 207 on 12th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Bader's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Lawal's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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