Mousasi vs Vanderford

Who won Mousasi vs Vanderford?

Gegard Mousasi beat Austin Vanderford by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator MMA, on Friday 25th February 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

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 Vanderford stats

Gegard Mousasi stepped into the octagon with a record of 48 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws, 27 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 12 by submission.

Austin Vanderford made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 10 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Gegard Mousasi's Bellator record stood at 7-3-0, while Austin Vanderford's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Mousasi had a large advantage in power over Vanderford, boasting a 56% knock out percentage over Vanderford's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vanderford had a slight advantage over Mousasi, with a 30% submission rate over Mousasi's 25%.

Gegard Mousasi was the older man by 5 years, at 39 years old.

Mousasi had a height advantage of 3 inches over Vanderford. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mousasi was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 47 more fights, and made his debut in 2003, 13 years and 10 months earlier than Vanderford, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 87 more professional rounds, 115 to Vanderford's 28.

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Mousasi's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 1 month and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Vanderford's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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