By The Numbers: Lorenz Larkin vs. Levan Chokheli
Lorenz Larkin rarely disappoints on the bang-for-buck scale.
“The Monsoon” will step back into the familiar haunts of the Bellator MMA organization when he locks horns with Levan Chokheli in the Bellator Champions Series 4 welterweight co-main event on Saturday at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Larkin has won two of his past three bouts. The Millennia MMA rep last competed at on June 28, when he cut down Alan Dominguez with a first-round knee strike and follow-up punches in his Professional Fighters League debut. Chokheli, meanwhile, enters the cage on a three-fight winning streak. The Kaizen MMA product last fought at Bellator 299, where he wiped out Sabah Homasi with a front kick in the first round of their Sept. 23 pairing.
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37: Years of age for Larkin, who was born on Sept. 3, 1986 in Riverside, California.
14: Larkin wins by knockout or technical knockout,
accounting for 54% of his career total (26). His list of Bellator
victims: Mukhamed
Berkhamov and Kyle
Stewart. Larkin holds 12 other wins by decision (46%).
9: Promotions for which Larkin has plied his MMA trade. He has gone 7-3 with one no contest in Bellator, 5-5 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, 4-0 with one no contest in Strikeforce, 4-0 in MEZ Sports, 2-0 in Respect in the Cage, 1-0 in the PFL, 1-0 in Champion Promotions, 1-0 in Chaos in the Cage and 1-0 in Battle in the Ballroom.
79: Rounds started by Larkin as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 18 occasions and carries a 12-6 record in those bouts.
210: Combined victories between the eight men—Andrey Koreshkov, Paul Daley, Douglas Lima, Albert Tumenov, Derek Brunson, Costas Philippou, Brad Tavares and Francis Carmont—who have defeated Larkin. They boast a cumulative .738 winning percentage at 210-74-2.
27: Years of age for Chokheli, who was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 2, 1996.
10: Chokheli victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 77% of his career total (13). Homasi was his first Bellator victim. Chokheli owns three other victories by decision (23%).
17: Seconds needed for Chokheli to put away Mehdi Bagheri with punches under the Mglebi banner on Dec. 15, 2018. More than five years later, it remains his fastest finish to date.
4: Countries in which Chokheli has suited up as a mixed martial artist. In addition to an 8-0 mark in his native Georgia, he has gone 3-2 in the United States, 1-0 with one no contest in Germany and 1-0 in Ireland.
.813: Cumulative winning percentage between the two men—Goiti Yamauchi and Kyle Crutchmer—who have beaten Chokheli. They sport a combined record of 39-9.
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