Bandejas vs Mlambo

Who won Bandejas vs Mlambo?

Ricky Bandejas beat Frans Mlambo by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 240, on Saturday 22nd February 2020 at 3Arena in Dublin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Bandejas vs Mlambo stats

Ricky Bandejas stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Frans Mlambo made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Ricky Bandejas' Bellator record stood at 3-4-0, while Frans Mlambo's came in at 3-1-0.

The stats suggested Mlambo had a slight advantage in power over Bandejas, with a 50% knock out percentage over Bandejas' 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mlambo had an advantage over Bandejas, with a 38% submission rate over Bandejas' 25%.

Ricky Bandejas was the younger man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Bandejas had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mlambo. Despite this, Mlambo had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Bandejas was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Mlambo, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 39 to Mlambo's 44.

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Bandejas' last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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