Mousasi vs Carvalho

Who won Mousasi vs Carvalho?

Gegard Mousasi beat Rafael Carvalho by during the main event of Bellator 200, on Friday 25th May 2018 at SSE Arena in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Gegard Mousasi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

This contest was for the Bellator middleweight championship.

Mousasi vs Carvalho stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 43 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, 24 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Rafael Carvalho made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out.

Gegard Mousasi's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Rafael Carvalho's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Carvalho had a large advantage in power over Mousasi, boasting a 80% knock out percentage over Mousasi's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mousasi had a large advantage over Carvalho, boasting a 28% submission rate over Carvalho's 0%.

Gegard Mousasi was the older man by 1 year, at 38 years old.

Carvalho had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mousasi. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 35 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 64 more professional rounds, 115 to Carvalho's 51.

Mousasi vs Carvalho form

Mousasi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Austin Vanderford at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had beaten John Salter at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Douglas Lima at Bellator 250 on 29th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Lyoto Machida at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had lost to Rafael Lovato Jr at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by majority decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, England.

Rafael Carvalho had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by 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 defeated 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 lost to 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 been beaten by 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

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Gegard Mousasi had been fighting more than Rafael Carvalho.

Going to this contest, Gegard Mousasi had last fought 2 years, 1 month and 24 days ago, while Rafael Carvalho's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 11 days ago.

Mousasi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Carvalho's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 7 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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