Macfarlane vs Ellen

Who won Macfarlane vs Ellen?

Ilima Lei Macfarlane beat Bruna Ellen by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 284, on Friday 12th August 2022 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 30-27 in favor of the winner Ilima Lei Macfarlane.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

Macfarlane vs Ellen stats

Ilima Lei Macfarlane stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Bruna Ellen made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane's Bellator record stood at 12-3-0, while Bruna Ellen's came in at 5-4-0.

The stats suggested Macfarlane had a slight advantage in power over Ellen, with a 18% knock out percentage over Ellen's 17%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Macfarlane had a massive advantage over Ellen, boasting a 55% submission rate over Ellen's 0%.

Ilima Lei Macfarlane was the older man by 7 years, at 34 years old.

Macfarlane had a height advantage of 1 inch over Ellen.

Macfarlane was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 months earlier than Ellen, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 49 to Ellen's 31.

Macfarlane vs Ellen form

Ilima Lei Macfarlane had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Kana Watanabe at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Bruna Ellen at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Justine Kish at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had been beaten by Juliana Velasquez at Bellator 254 on 10th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Kate Jackson at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

Macfarlane's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Ellen's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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