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 12 less professional rounds, 39 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 Benson Henderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Bungard at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had defeated Tim Wilde at Bellator Birmingham on 4th May 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Michael Chandler at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Activity check

Primus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Shabliy's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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