Minakov vs Johnson

Who won Minakov vs Johnson?

Vitaly Minakov beat Timothy Johnson by during the co-main event of Bellator 225, on Saturday 24th August 2019 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Vitaly Minakov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Minakov vs Johnson stats

Vitaly Minakov stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Timothy Johnson made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.

The stats suggested Minakov had an advantage in power over Johnson, with a 57% knock out percentage over Johnson's 42%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Minakov and Johnson would have been pretty equal, both with a 33% submission rate.

Vitaly Minakov was the same age as Timothy Johnson, at 38 years old.

Johnson had 2-inch reach advantage.

Minakov's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Johnson's, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 months earlier than Johnson, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 42 to Johnson's 43.

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Johnson's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 6 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Minakov vs Johnson?

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