McDonald vs Dantas

Who won McDonald vs Dantas?

Michael McDonald beat Eduardo Dantas by during the co-main event of Bellator 202, on Friday 13th July 2018 at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Michael McDonald.

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).

McDonald vs Dantas stats

Michael McDonald stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Eduardo Dantas made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Michael McDonald's Bellator record stood at 2-0-0, while Eduardo Dantas' came in at 11-4-0.

The stats suggested McDonald had a large advantage in power over Dantas, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Dantas' 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McDonald had a slight advantage over Dantas, with a 33% submission rate over Dantas' 30%.

Michael McDonald was the younger man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Dantas had a height advantage of 1 inch over McDonald. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

McDonald was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2007, 7 months later than Dantas, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 37 less professional rounds, 37 to Dantas' 74.

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Dantas' last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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