Gracie vs Lemminger

Who won Gracie vs Lemminger?

Neiman Gracie beat Mark Lemminger by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator 266, on Saturday 18th September 2021 at SAP Center in San Jose.

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).

Gracie vs Lemminger stats

Neiman Gracie stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 9 by submission.

Mark Lemminger made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Neiman Gracie's 14th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Neiman Gracie's Bellator record stood at 10-4-0, while Mark Lemminger's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Lemminger had a massive power advantage over Gracie, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Gracie's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gracie had a massive advantage over Lemminger, boasting a 90% submission rate over Lemminger's 25%.

Neiman Gracie was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Lemminger had a height advantage of 1 inch over Gracie. Despite this, he had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Gracie was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years earlier than Lemminger, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 48 to Lemminger's 40.

Gracie vs Lemminger form

Neiman Gracie had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jason Jackson at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jon Fitch at Bellator 246 on 12th September 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Rory MacDonald at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Ed Ruth at Bellator 213 on 15th December 2018 by submission in the 4th round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had defeated Javier Torres at Bellator 198 on 28th April 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at AllState Arena, Rosemont.

Activity check

Gracie's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Lemminger's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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