Carvalho vs Njokuani

Who won Carvalho vs Njokuani?

Rafael Carvalho beat Chidi Njokuani by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 224, on Friday 12th July 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rafael Carvalho.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Carvalho vs Njokuani stats

Rafael Carvalho stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Chidi Njokuani made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Rafael Carvalho's Bellator record stood at 7-6-0, while Chidi Njokuani's came in at 5-3-0.

The stats suggested Carvalho had a large advantage in power over Njokuani, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Njokuani's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Njokuani had a slight advantage over Carvalho, with a 6% submission rate over Carvalho's 0%.

Rafael Carvalho was the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Njokuani had 2-inch reach advantage.

Carvalho was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 1 month later than Njokuani, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 18 less professional rounds, 51 to Njokuani's 69.

Carvalho vs Njokuani form

Rafael Carvalho had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 230 on 12th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Lyoto Machida at Bellator 213 on 15th December 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had lost to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 200 on 25th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Chidi Njokuani had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been beaten by Albert Duraev at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Gregory Rodrigues at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Du ko Todorovi at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira on 21st May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Marc Andr Barriault at UFC Fight Night on 5th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Cristhian Torres at LFA 91 on 11th September 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chidi Njokuani had been fighting more than Rafael Carvalho.

Going to this contest, Rafael Carvalho had last fought 2 years, 11 months and 11 days ago, while Chidi Njokuani's last outing had been 1 year and 24 days ago.

Carvalho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Njokuani's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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