Jr. vs Mousasi

Who won Jr. vs Mousasi?

Rafael Lovato Jr beat Gegard Mousasi by majority decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 223, on Saturday 22nd June 2019 at SSE Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rafael Lovato Jr.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator middleweight championship.

Jr. vs Mousasi stats

Rafael Lovato Jr stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Gegard Mousasi made his way to the cage with a record of 45 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 26 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Rafael Lovato Jr's Bellator record stood at 6-0-0, while Gegard Mousasi's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Mousasi had a massive power advantage over Lovato Jr, boasting a 58% knock out percentage over Lovato Jr's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lovato Jr had a massive advantage over Mousasi, boasting a 67% submission rate over Mousasi's 27%.

Rafael Lovato Jr was the older man by 2 years, at 40 years old.

Lovato Jr had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mousasi. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Lovato Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 44 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 11 years and 4 months later than Mousasi, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 94 less professional rounds, 21 to Mousasi's 115.

Jr. vs Mousasi form

Mousasi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Austin Vanderford at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had beaten John Salter at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Douglas Lima at Bellator 250 on 29th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Lyoto Machida at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had lost to Rafael Lovato Jr at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by majority decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, England.

Activity check

Lovato Jr's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Mousasi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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