Machida vs Carvalho

Who won Machida vs Carvalho?

Lyoto Machida beat Rafael Carvalho by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 213, on Saturday 15th December 2018 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lyoto Machida.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Machida vs Carvalho stats

Lyoto Machida stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Rafael Carvalho made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Lyoto Machida's Bellator record stood at 2-4-0, while Rafael Carvalho's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Carvalho had a massive power advantage over Machida, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Machida's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Machida had a slight advantage over Carvalho, with a 8% submission rate over Carvalho's 0%.

Lyoto Machida was the older man by 9 years, at 46 years old.

Carvalho had a height advantage of 2 inches over Machida. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Machida was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 15 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 8 years and 7 months earlier than Carvalho, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 48 more professional rounds, 99 to Carvalho's 51.

Machida vs Carvalho form

Rafael Carvalho had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 230 on 12th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had won against Chidi Njokuani at Bellator 224 on 12th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, United States.

Before that, he had been defeated by Lyoto Machida at Bellator 213 on 15th December 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had lost to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator 200 on 25th May 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Machida's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Carvalho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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