Larkin vs Gonzalez

Who won Larkin vs Gonzalez?

Lorenz Larkin beat Fernando Gonzalez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Bellator 193, on Friday 26th January 2018 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lorenz Larkin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Larkin vs Gonzalez division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Larkin vs Gonzalez stats

Lorenz Larkin stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Fernando Gonzalez made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 14 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Lorenz Larkin's 12th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Lorenz Larkin's Bellator record stood at 8-3-0, while Fernando Gonzalez's came in at 7-2-0.

The stats suggested Larkin had an advantage in power over Gonzalez, with a 61% knock out percentage over Gonzalez's 41%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gonzalez had a large advantage over Larkin, boasting a 22% submission rate over Larkin's 0%.

Lorenz Larkin was the younger man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Larkin had a height advantage of 3 inches over Gonzalez. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Larkin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 5 years and 9 months later than Gonzalez, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 28 less professional rounds, 80 to Gonzalez's 108.

Larkin vs Gonzalez form

Lorenz Larkin had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Rafael Carvalho at Bellator 258 on 7th May 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Keita Nakamura at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator 229 on 4th October 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, United States.

Before that, he was victorious against Ion Pascu at Bellator 207 on 12th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Fernando Gonzalez at Bellator 193 on 26th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula.

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Larkin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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