Higo vs Sabatello

Who won Higo vs Sabatello?

Danny Sabatello beat Leandro Higo by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 282, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced as 49-46, 49-46, 49-46 in favor of the winner Danny Sabatello.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Higo vs Sabatello stats

Leandro Higo stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Danny Sabatello made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Sabatello had a slight advantage in power over Higo, with a 25% knock out percentage over Higo's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Higo had a large advantage over Sabatello, boasting a 60% submission rate over Sabatello's 33%.

Leandro Higo was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Sabatello had a height advantage of 2 inches over Higo. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Higo was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 12 years and 2 months earlier than Sabatello, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 63 to Sabatello's 46.

Higo vs Sabatello form

Danny Sabatello had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Marcos Breno at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Raufeon Stots at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Leandro Higo at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Jornel Lugo at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He was victorious against Brett Johns at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Higo's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Sabatello's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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