MacDonald vs Gracie

Who won MacDonald vs Gracie?

Rory MacDonald beat Neiman Gracie by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 222, on Friday 14th June 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rory MacDonald.

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).

This contest was for the Bellator welterweight championship.

MacDonald vs Gracie stats

Rory MacDonald stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Neiman Gracie made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 9 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws and 8 by submission.

Rory MacDonald's Bellator record stood at 3-2-1, while Neiman Gracie's came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested MacDonald had a massive power advantage over Gracie, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Gracie's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gracie had a massive advantage over MacDonald, boasting a 89% submission rate over MacDonald's 35%.

Rory MacDonald was the younger man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

MacDonald had 2-inch reach advantage.

MacDonald was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Gracie, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 52 more professional rounds, 88 to Gracie's 36.

Activity check

MacDonald's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Gracie's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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