Eblen vs Madrid

Who won Eblen vs Madrid?

Johnny Eblen beat Daniel Madrid by during the prelims of Bellator 258, on Friday 7th May 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Johnny Eblen.

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).

Eblen vs Madrid stats

Johnny Eblen stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Daniel Madrid made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 15 by submission.

Johnny Eblen's Bellator record stood at 11-0-0, while Daniel Madrid's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Eblen had a massive power advantage over Madrid, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Madrid's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Madrid had a massive advantage over Eblen, boasting a 83% submission rate over Eblen's 14%.

Johnny Eblen was the younger man by 7 years, at 32 years old.

Madrid had a height advantage of 1 inch over Eblen. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Eblen was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 11 years and 5 months later than Madrid, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, 37 to Madrid's 37.

Eblen vs Madrid form

Eblen remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten John Salter at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Louis.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Collin Huckbody at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Travis Davis at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Daniel Madrid at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Eblen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Madrid's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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