Fight Facts is a breakdown of all of the interesting informationand cage curiosities on every card, with some puns, references andportmanteaus to keep things fun. These deep stat dives delve intothe numbers, providing historical context and telling the storiesbehind those numbers.
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TOTAL NUMBER OF BELLATOR FIGHTS: 2,789
TOTAL NUMBER OF BELLATOR EVENTS: 252
BellatorMMA tried its best to crown another champ-champ at Bellator 250, but the former middleweight king regained hisbelt to reiterate that weight classes exist for a reason. Thisevent lost its fair share of bouts, including more than one thatfell through on fight day, and the results were mixed. Bellator 250featured a nearly historically low number of finishes, a rare brabochoke to start off the night and an interesting five-rounddistinction for the new champ.
Here’s To (About) 250 More! Although called the250th numbered Bellator card, this is event is actually Bellator’s252nd—not counting the offshoot Bellator Monster Series—due to anevent cancellation, multiple European Series events and a few earlyBellator shows split up into two broadcasts from one night.
Slow Night at the Office: Bellator 250 featuredonly two stoppages in eight bouts. This is the second-lowest numberof finishes at a single Bellator event, tying it with seven othercards among company history. Bellator 245 set the top mark withonly one in September.
And the Judges Got One Wrong Too: When comparingfinish rates, the 25 percent for this card sits tied with Bellators25 and 83 for the fifth lowest in company history. Bellators 34,115 and 167 all post lower rates of 22.2 percent, while Bellator245 also holds the smallest at 12.5 percent.
Multi-Minute Mousasi: For the first time in hisstoried career, GegardMousasi won a fight that went five full rounds. Each of hisprevious 25-minute MMA bouts resulted in losses, but Mousasicaptured a clear-cut decision over DouglasLima to break that streak.
He Prefers Finishes: Although he has fought formany belts over the years across several organizations, Mousasi’swin over Lima is his first championship won in the championshiprounds across 59 pro MMA matches.
Please Don’t Move to 205: Winning the belt backthat he surrendered to RafaelLovato Jr., Mousasi is the first two-time middleweight king inBellator history.
Father Time Is Creeping Up: Each of Mousasi’s lastthree fights inside the Bellator cage has reached the judges. Thisis the first three-decision stretch for Mousasi, win or lose, in acareer that began in 2003.
Susceptible to Being Big Brothered: Across hislengthy Bellator career dating back to 2011, the only way that Limahas lost has been by five-round decision. Ben Askren,AndreyKoreshkov, RoryMacDonald and now Mousasi have needed 25 full minutes to defeathim.
As Thick Around Its Girtz as a Perambulator:Dropping a split decision to HenryCorrales, BrandonGirtz suffered his eighth loss under the Bellator banner. Thisputs him alone with the fourth-most defeats in company history,trailing GeorgiKarakhanyan and DerekCampos with nine each, and Saad Awad with10. Girtz has posted wins over two of those three fighters.
Even Hercules Had an Off Night: A decision overTyGwerder advanced DaltonRosta’s perfect young record to 4-0. “Hercules” made his MMAdebut with Bellator in May 2019, and his prior wins all came byknockout.
En Sabah Nee: SabahHomasi clobbered BobbyVoelker with a flying knee and follow-up punches, boosting hiscareer stoppage rate to 80 percent. Eight of his last 10 victorieshave come inside the distance.
Welterwow: With the knockout coming in a 170-poundcontest between Homasi and Voelker, welterweights are nowresponsible for more flying knee knockouts than any other Bellatordivision.
The Kid Counts: Adam Boricscaptured a decision over ErickSanchez, and throughout his career, “The Kid” has recorded sixwins by tapout, five on the scorecards and four more by knockout.Three of those submissions were triangle chokes while two came byrear-naked choke, and his lone win marked “other” is adisqualification in 2014.
I Am the Law! On the first fight of the card,CodyLaw hit a brabo choke on OrlandoOrtega in the first round, securing the first submission of itstype in Bellator featherweight history. While Genair daSilva recorded one in a 2011 bout over BryanGoldsby that was initially scheduled at 145 pounds, da Silvamissed weight significantly to make it a catchweight contest.
I Fought the Law…: Law’s brabo choke is the firstsince Bellator London in 2019, when AkonneWanliss put Tim Barnettto sleep with one in under a minute.
…And the Law Won: The newcomer Law is just thesecond fighter in Bellator history to start the evening off with abrabo choke, joining FransMlambo when he tapped NathanGreyson at Bellator 223 in 2019.
Never Say Never Again: Coming into Bellator 250,Rosta (four fights) and TaylorJohnson (seven fights) had never gone the distance, Jake Hagerhad never fought beyond the three-minute mark (three fights) andSanchez had never lost consecutive bouts (14 fights).