Higo vs Bandejas

Who won Higo vs Bandejas?

Leandro Higo beat Ricky Bandejas by submission in the 2nd round during the co-main event of Bellator 249, on Thursday 15th October 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Higo vs Bandejas stats

Leandro Higo stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 11 by submission.

Ricky Bandejas made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Leandro Higo's Bellator record stood at 6-4-0, while Ricky Bandejas' came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Bandejas had a large advantage in power over Higo, boasting a 46% knock out percentage over Higo's 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Higo had a massive advantage over Bandejas, boasting a 58% submission rate over Bandejas' 23%.

Leandro Higo was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.

Bandejas had a height advantage of 2 inches over Higo. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Higo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 7 years and 11 months earlier than Bandejas, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 63 to Bandejas' 39.

Higo vs Bandejas form

Ricky Bandejas had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Sergio Pettis at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Frans Mlambo at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Patchy Mix at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Juan Archuleta at Bellator 214 on 26th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Los Angeles.

He had beaten James Gallagher at Bellator 204 on 17th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

Higo's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

Bandejas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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