Bellator 191 post-event facts: Michael McDonald's up-and-down pattern continues

Bellator’s final event of the year went down Friday with Bellator 191, which took place at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England, and aired via tape-delay on Spike.

Former UFC title challenger Michael McDonald (18-4 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) made a successful promotional debut in the main event, outpointing Peter Ligier (8-2-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) to a unanimous decision for his first win in more than 17 months.

For more on the numbers to come out of the last event of Bellator’s 2017 calendar, check below for 20 post-event facts from Bellator 191.

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General

Debuting fighters went 3-1 at the event.

Betting favorites went 2-2 on the main card.

Betting favorites improved to 17-4 (with one even odds) in Bellator main events this year.

Total fight time for the four-bout main card was 46:53.

Main card

McDonald earned just his second victory in the past four years.

McDonald has alternated wins and losses over his past seven fights.

McDonald earned his first decision victory since May 28, 2011 – a span of 2,393 days (more than six years) and eight fights.

Ligier had his five-fight unbeaten streak snapped for his first defeat since December 2014.

Valerie Letourneau (9-6 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) was successful in her Bellator debut.

Letourneau improved to 1-0 since she returned to the women’s flyweight division. She’s 2-1 overall at the weight in her career.

Kate Jackson (9-3-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) suffered her first decision loss since May 7, 2011 – a span of 2,414 days (nearly seven years) and 10 fights.

Philip De Fries (14-6 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) improved to 5-3 since he was released from the UFC in April 2013.

De Fries earned consecutive victories for the first time since 2011.

De Fries has earned 12 of his 14 career victories by stoppage.

James Thompson (20-17 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) suffered his third consecutive loss. He hasn’t earned a victory since June 2014.

Thompson has suffered 16 of his 17 career losses by stoppage.

Thompson suffered his first submission loss since Oct. 25, 2009 – a span of 2,973 days (more than eight years) and 13 fights.

Jeremy Petley (12-8-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) earned consecutive victories for the first time since 2013.

Petley has earned both of his Bellator victories by decision.

Lewis Monarch (9-3 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) has suffered all three of his career losses by decision.

For complete coverage of Bellator 191, check out the MMA Events section of the site.

FightMetric research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.