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Bellator 198 post-event facts: Fedor Emelianenko adds another former UFC champ to resume

Bellator put on its third event of the month on Saturday when Bellator 198 took place at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., near Chicago. The main card aired on Paramount following prelims on MMAjunkie.

In the main event, Fedor Emelianenko (37-5 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) became the third fighter to advance to the semifinals of the Bellator heavyweight grand prix when he earned a 48-second knockout of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir (18-12 MMA, 0-1 BMMA).

For more on the numbers behind the latest Bellator showcase, check below for 25 post-event facts from Bellator 198.

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General

Dillon Danis

Debuting fighters went 1-4 on the main card of the event.

Betting favorites went 4-1 on the main card.

Betting favorites fell to 5-2 in Bellator main events this year.

Total fight time for the five-bout main card was 15:47.

Main card

Emelianenko improved to 3-1 since he returned from retirement in December 2015.

Emelianenko improved to 8-1 (with one no-contest) when facing former UFC champions.

Emelianenko has earned 29 of his 37 career victories by stoppage.

Emelianenko earned his first knockout victory since July 21, 2012 – a span of 2,107 days (nearly six years) and four fights.

Mir was unsuccessful in his return to competition after a more than two-year layoff.

Mir suffered his third consecutive loss. He’s 2-7 in his past nine bouts and hasn’t earned a victory since July 2015.

Mir has suffered nine of his 12 career losses by knockout.

Emmanuel Sanchez’s (17-3 MMA, 9-2 BMMA) four-fight Bellator winning streak in featherweight competition is tied for the second longest active streak in the division behind A.J. McKee (11).

Sanchez has earned seven of his eight career stoppage victories by submission.

Sam Sicilia (16-9 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) fell to 4-8 in his past 12 fights.

Sicilia has suffered seven of his nine career losses by stoppage.

Rafael Lovato Jr. (8-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) has earned seven of his eight career victories by stoppage.

Gerald Harris (25-6 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Neiman Gracie (8-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) improved to 5-0 since he dropped to the welterweight division in February 2015.

Gracie’s five-fight Bellator winning streak in welterweight competition is the second longest active streak in the division behind Michael Page (eight).

Gracie’s six-fight Bellator winning streak is tied for the third longest active streak in the company behind McKee (11) and Page (eight).

Gracie has earned seven of his eight career victories by stoppage. All of those wins are by submission.

Gracie’s four submission wins in Bellator welterweight competition are most in divisional history.

Javier Torres (10-4 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) had his five-fight unbeaten streak snapped for his first defeat since November 2014.

Torres suffered the first submission loss of his career.

Dillon Danis (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) was successful in his MMA debut.

Kyle Walker (2-4 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) suffered his third consecutive loss to extend the longest skid of his career. He hasn’t earned a victory since October 2013.

Walker has suffered all four of his career losses by stoppage.

For complete coverage of Bellator 198, check out the MMA Events section of the site.

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