Larkin vs Stewart

Who won Larkin vs Stewart?

Lorenz Larkin beat Kyle Stewart by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 280, on Friday 6th May 2022 at Accor Arena in Paris.

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 Stewart stats

Lorenz Larkin stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Kyle Stewart 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.

This was Lorenz Larkin's 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Lorenz Larkin's Bellator record stood at 8-3-0, while Kyle Stewart's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Larkin had a slight advantage in power over Stewart, with a 50% knock out percentage over Stewart's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Stewart had a large advantage over Larkin, boasting a 23% submission rate over Larkin's 0%.

Lorenz Larkin was the older man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Stewart had a height advantage of 1 inch over Larkin. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Larkin was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 11 months earlier than Stewart, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 37 more professional rounds, 80 to Stewart's 43.

Larkin vs Stewart form

Larkin had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Kia Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Going into that contest, his fight against Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 ended in a no contest.

Before that, he had beaten Kyle Stewart at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had defeated Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Activity check

Larkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Stewart's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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