Faraldo vs Rayford

Who won Faraldo vs Rayford?

Roman Faraldo beat Kelvin Rayford by during the prelims of Bellator 276, on Saturday 12th March 2022 at The Family Arena in St. Louis.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Roman Faraldo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Faraldo vs Rayford stats

Roman Faraldo stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kelvin Rayford made his way to the cage with a record of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Roman Faraldo's Bellator record stood at 5-2-0, while Kelvin Rayford's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Faraldo had a massive power advantage over Rayford, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Rayford's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rayford had a massive advantage over Faraldo, boasting a 67% submission rate over Faraldo's 0%.

Roman Faraldo was the younger man by 8 years, at 30 years old.

Rayford had a height advantage of 2 inches over Faraldo.

Faraldo was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in , 7 years and 8 months earlier than Rayford, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 14 to Rayford's 16.

Faraldo vs Rayford form

Roman Faraldo had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Levan Chokheli at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Luis Iniguez at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kelvin Rayford at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The Family Arena, St. Louis.

Before that, he had defeated Robert Turnquest at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood.

He was victorious against Trevor Gudde at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Faraldo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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