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.

Austin Vanderford marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

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 4 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 84 more professional rounds, 115 to Vanderford's 31.

Mousasi vs Vanderford form

Mousasi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against John Salter at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Douglas Lima at Bellator 250 on 29th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Lyoto Machida at Bellator 228 on 28th September 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had lost to Rafael Lovato Jr at Bellator 223 on 22nd June 2019 by majority decision in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SSE Arena, London, England.

He was victorious against Rory MacDonald at Bellator 206 on 29th September 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Vanderford had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Nikolay Veretennikov at UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song on 22nd February 2025 by knockout in the 2nd round at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had beaten Fabian Edwards at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had defeated Vinicius de Jesus at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Austin Vanderford had been fighting more than Gegard Mousasi.

Going to this contest, Gegard Mousasi had last fought 3 years, 9 months and 12 days ago, while Austin Vanderford's last outing had been 3 months and 3 days ago.

Mousasi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Vanderford's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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