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 8th July 2022 at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel in Tacoma.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 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 ring with a record of 32 wins, 10 loses 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 ring with a record of 15 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 4 of those wins by knock out and 3 by submission.

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

Douglas Lima was the older man by 3 years, at 34 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 57 more professional rounds, 109 to Jackson's 52.

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 lost to 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 defeated 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 beat 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 won against 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 had won 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 beat 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 defeated Jordan Mein at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against 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 11 months and 26 days ago, while Jason Jackson's last outing had been 1 year, 3 months and 16 days ago.

Lima's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 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 2 years, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.