Bader vs Mitrione

Who won Bader vs Mitrione?

Ryan Bader beat Matt Mitrione by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Bellator 207, on Friday 12th October 2018 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

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 Mitrione stats

Ryan Bader stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Matt Mitrione made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

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

The stats suggested Mitrione had a massive power advantage over Bader, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Bader's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Bader had an advantage over Mitrione, with a 12% submission rate over Mitrione's 0%.

Ryan Bader was the younger man by 5 years, at 40 years old.

Mitrione had a height advantage of 1 inch over Bader. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Bader was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 2 years and 8 months earlier than Mitrione, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 52 more professional rounds, 90 to Mitrione's 38.

Bader vs Mitrione 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.

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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.

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