Stots vs Sabatello

Who won Stots vs Sabatello?

Raufeon Stots beat Danny Sabatello by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 289, on Friday 9th December 2022 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 48-47, 48-47 in favor of the winner Raufeon Stots.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 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 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 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 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Sabatello had a slight advantage in power over Stots, with a 23% knock out percentage over Stots' 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sabatello had a slight advantage over Stots, with a 31% submission rate over Stots' 24%.

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 a 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

Raufeon Stots had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Magomed Magomedov at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Josh Hill at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Keith Lee at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against DB ERROR at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had won against Ralph Acosta at LFA 68 on 31st May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Activity check

Stots' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Sabatello's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Stots vs Sabatello?

Raufeon Stots was a 4/7 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Danny Sabatello made his way into the ring at 5/4 (+120) with oddsmakers.