Stots vs Sabatello

Who won Stots vs Sabatello?

Raufeon Stots beat Danny Sabatello by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 301, on Friday 17th November 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Raufeon Stots.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Stots vs Sabatello stats

Raufeon Stots stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Danny Sabatello made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Raufeon Stots' Bellator record stood at 8-1-0, while Danny Sabatello's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested that Stots and Sabatello have similar power, both with a 21% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sabatello had an advantage over Stots, with a 36% submission rate over Stots' 21%.

Raufeon Stots was the older man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Sabatello had a height advantage of 3 inches over Stots. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Stots was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 1 month earlier than Sabatello, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 60 to Sabatello's 46.

Stots vs Sabatello form

Danny Sabatello had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Magomed Magomedov at Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN 2 on 29th July 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had won against Marcos Breno at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Raufeon Stots at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had beaten Leandro Higo at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Jornel Lugo at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

Stots' last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Sabatello's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Stots vs Sabatello?

Raufeon Stots was a 11/10 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Danny Sabatello made his way into the ring at 8/11 (-140) with oddsmakers.