Lima vs Jackson

Who won Lima vs Jackson?

Jason Jackson beat Douglas Lima by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator MMA, on Friday 22nd July 2022 at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel in Tacoma.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-45, 50-45 in favor of the winner Jason Jackson.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Lima vs Jackson stats

Douglas Lima stepped into the octagon with a record of 32 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 10 by submission.

Jason Jackson made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Douglas Lima's Bellator record stood at 15-7-0, while Jason Jackson's came in at 9-1-0.

The stats suggested Lima had a large advantage in power over Jackson, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Jackson's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lima had an advantage over Jackson, with a 31% submission rate over Jackson's 20%.

Douglas Lima was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Jackson had 4-inch reach advantage.

Lima was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2006, 5 years and 9 months earlier than Jackson, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 55 more professional rounds, 112 to Jackson's 57.

Lima vs Jackson form

Lima had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Michael Page at Bellator London on 1st October 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 260 on 11th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

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

Before that, he had won against Rory MacDonald at Bellator 232 on 26th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had beaten Michael Page at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.

Jason Jackson had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Paul Daley at Bellator 260 on 11th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Neiman Gracie at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Benson Henderson at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Jordan Mein at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Kiichi Kunimoto at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jason Jackson had been fighting more than Douglas Lima.

Going to this contest, Douglas Lima had last fought 2 years, 6 months and 25 days ago, while Jason Jackson's last outing had been 2 years, 10 months and 15 days ago.

Lima's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Jackson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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