Who won Larkin vs Carvalho?
Lorenz Larkin beat Rafael Carvalho by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 258, on Friday 7th May 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Lorenz Larkin.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).
Larkin vs Carvalho stats
Lorenz Larkin stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 7 loses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Rafael Carvalho made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Carvalho had a large advantage in power over Larkin, boosting at 75% knock out percentage over Larkin's 50%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Larkin and Carvalho would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.
Lorenz Larkin was the same age as Rafael Carvalho, at 37 years old.
Carvalho had a height advantage of 4 inches over Larkin. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.
Larkin was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Carvalho, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 78 to Carvalho's 51.
Larkin vs Carvalho form
Larkin had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.
In his last fight before this contest, he Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by in the 1st round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Kyle Stewart at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.
Going into that contest, he had beat Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.
Before that, he had won against Keita Nakamura at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.
He had beat Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, United States.
Activity check
Larkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.
Carvalho's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.
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