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 February 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 77 more professional rounds, 124 to Piccolotti's 47.

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 Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Peter Queally at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Islam Mamedov at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Brent Primus at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

He had been defeated by Jason Jackson at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Adam Piccolotti had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Mandel Nallo at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mansour Barnaoui at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Before that, he had been beaten by Benson Henderson at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had won against Carrington Banks at Bellator 199 on 12th May 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Benson Henderson had been fighting more than Adam Piccolotti.

Going to this contest, Benson Henderson had last fought 1 year, 1 month and 8 days ago, while Adam Piccolotti's last outing had been 1 year and 18 days ago.

Henderson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Piccolotti's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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