Johnson vs Mitrione

Who won Johnson vs Mitrione?

Timothy Johnson beat Matt Mitrione by during the co-main event of Bellator 243, on Friday 7th August 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Timothy Johnson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Johnson vs Mitrione stats

Timothy Johnson stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Matt Mitrione made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Timothy Johnson's Bellator record stood at 4-5-0, while Matt Mitrione's came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Mitrione had a massive power advantage over Johnson, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Johnson's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Johnson had a massive advantage over Mitrione, boasting a 31% submission rate over Mitrione's 0%.

Timothy Johnson was the younger man by 6 years, at 39 years old.

Mitrione had 2-inch reach advantage.

Johnson's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Mitrione's, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 10 months later than Mitrione, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 46 to Mitrione's 38.

Johnson vs Mitrione form

Timothy Johnson had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Said Sowma at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Linton Vassell at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator MMA on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had been defeated by Valentin Moldavsky at Bellator 261 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had beaten Cheick Kongo at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Activity check

Johnson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 14 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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