Mousasi vs Salter

Who won Mousasi vs Salter?

Gegard Mousasi beat John Salter by knockout in the 3rd round during the main event of Bellator 264, on Friday 13th August 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

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 Salter stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 47 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 26 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

John Salter made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 10 by submission.

Gegard Mousasi's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while John Salter's came in at 9-3-0.

The stats suggested Mousasi had an advantage in power over Salter, with a 55% knock out percentage over Salter's 39%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Salter had a large advantage over Mousasi, boasting a 56% submission rate over Mousasi's 26%.

Gegard Mousasi was the same age as John Salter, at 39 years old.

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

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 5 years and 11 months earlier than Salter, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 70 more professional rounds, 115 to Salter's 45.

Mousasi vs Salter form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Douglas Lima at Bellator 250 on 29th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Lyoto Machida at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had defeated Rory MacDonald at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

He was victorious against Rafael Carvalho 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

Mousasi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Salter's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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