Henderson vs Piccolotti

Who won Henderson vs Piccolotti?

Benson Henderson beat Adam Piccolotti by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 220, on Saturday 27th April 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Benson Henderson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Henderson vs Piccolotti stats

Benson Henderson stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Adam Piccolotti made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Adam Piccolotti marked his 15th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Benson Henderson's Bellator record stood at 7-7-0, while Adam Piccolotti's came in at 10-5-0.

The stats suggested Henderson had a slight advantage in power over Piccolotti, with a 19% knock out percentage over Piccolotti's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Piccolotti had a slight advantage over Henderson, with a 45% submission rate over Henderson's 35%.

Benson Henderson was the older man by 5 years, at 40 years old.

Piccolotti had a height advantage of 2 inches over Henderson. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Henderson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 21 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 6 years and 11 months earlier than Piccolotti, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 74 more professional rounds, 124 to Piccolotti's 50.

Henderson vs Piccolotti form

Benson Henderson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Brent Primus at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jason Jackson at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Michael Chandler at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had won against Myles Jury at Bellator 227 on 27th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

He had beaten Adam Piccolotti at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

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Henderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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