Primus vs Shabliy

Who won Primus vs Shabliy?

Alexander Shabliy beat Brent Primus by knockout in the 2nd round during the prelims of Bellator 282, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Primus vs Shabliy stats

Brent Primus stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Alexander Shabliy made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Brent Primus' 14th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2013.

Brent Primus' Bellator record stood at 10-3-0, while Alexander Shabliy's came in at 5-0-0.

The stats suggested Shabliy had a large advantage in power over Primus, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Primus' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Primus had a large advantage over Shabliy, boasting a 55% submission rate over Shabliy's 33%.

Brent Primus was the older man by 8 years, at 39 years old.

Primus had a height advantage of 1 inch over Shabliy.

Primus was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 28 days earlier than Shabliy, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 42 to Shabliy's 51.

Primus vs Shabliy form

Brent Primus had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Mansour Barnaoui at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had lost to Alexander Shabliy at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Benson Henderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Before that, he had been beaten by Islam Mamedov at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had defeated Chris Bungard at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Activity check

Primus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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