Lugo vs Sabatello

Who won Lugo vs Sabatello?

Danny Sabatello beat Jornel Lugo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest, during the main card of Bellator 278, on Friday 22nd April 2022 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced as 26-30, 26-30, 26-30 in favor of winner Danny Sabatello.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Lugo vs Sabatello stats

Jornel Lugo stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Danny Sabatello made his way to the ring with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.

The stats suggested Sabatello had advantage in power over Lugo, with a 30% knock out percentage over Lugo's 14%.

Jornel Lugo was the younger man by 3 years, at 26 years old.

Sabatello had a height advantage of 1 inch over Lugo. Despite this, he had 2-inch reach advantage.

Lugo was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 less fights, and made his debut in 2019, 10 months later than Sabatello, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 21 to Sabatello's 30.

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Lugo's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.