Dalton Rosta vs Tony Johnson result: Dalton Rosta wins by UD (Bellator 256)

BellatorBellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2

Dalton RostaWIN

“Hercules” · 11-4-0

DECKOKO

RESULT

Unanimous Decision

ROUND 3 · 5:00

3 rounds scheduled

Full card

Tony Johnson

9-4-0

UDUDTKO

Friday, April 9, 2021Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States

Dalton Rosta defeated Tony Johnson by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the bout of Bellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2, held Friday, April 9, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Insights

Tony Johnson stops 90% of takedowns, better than 95% of UFC fighters.
Dalton Rosta stops 100% of takedowns, better than 97% of UFC fighters.

Style & credentials

Dalton Rosta

No background on record

Camp · American Top Team · United States

Tony Johnson

No background on record

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

61%

Head

70%

21%

Body

25%

19%

Leg

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Dalton Rostalast 5 fights

63%31%

Tony Johnsonlast 1 fight

32%62%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Dalton Rosta· from fights outside the UFC Tony Johnson· from fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

3.194.00

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dalton Rosta · Average · better than 42% of UFC fightersTony Johnson · Good · better than 68% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.963.67

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dalton Rosta · Below avg · better than 32% of UFC fightersTony Johnson · Average · better than 41% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.250.00

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dalton Rosta · Good · better than 76% of UFC fightersTony Johnson · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

100%90%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dalton Rosta · Elite · better than 97% of UFC fightersTony Johnson · Elite · better than 95% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.600.00

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dalton Rosta · Good · better than 60% of UFC fightersTony Johnson · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1494 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.19

Strikes landed / min

4.00

3.96

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.67

2.25 / 4.8

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.00

100%

Takedown defence

90%

3:28

Control time / fight

0:00

0.60

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.00

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Dalton Rosta5 fights · by range and by target

Range

63%Distance · 150

31%Clinch · 74

6%Ground · 14

Target

61%Head · 103

21%Body · 35

19%Leg · 32

The range × target cross-tab is logged for UFC fights only.

Tony Johnson1 UFC fight · 60 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

25%15/19

2%1/1

5%3/3

Clinch

38%23/24

23%14/14

0%0/0

Ground

7%4/4

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Dalton Rosta8 of 16 ended early · 50%8 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

Tony Johnson7 of 13 ended early · 54%6 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

3 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Dalton Rosta2-3

L
Bryan Battle
PFL Charlotte: Battle vs. Rosta · Aug 7, 2026
Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Light Heavyweight
L
Impa Kasanganay
PFL Pittsburgh: Eblen vs. Battle · Mar 28, 2026
Knockout · R1 · 3:18 · Light Heavyweight
L
Fabian Edwards
PFL World Tournament 10: 2025 Finals · Aug 21, 2025
Knockout · R3 · 1:28 · Middleweight
W
Aaron Jeffery
Professional Fighters League - 2025 PFL World Tournament 7: Semifinals · Jun 26, 2025
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Sadibou Sy
Professional Fighters League - 2025 PFL World Tournament 3: First Round · Apr 17, 2025
Submission · R2 · 3:29 · Middleweight

Full record · 16 fights

W
Norbert Novenyi Jr.
Bellator Champions Series Dublin: Jackson vs. Kuramagomedov · Jun 22, 2024
Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Aaron Jeffery
Bellator 298: Storley vs. Ward · Aug 11, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Anthony Adams
Bellator 289: Stots vs. Sabatello · Dec 9, 2022
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Romero Cotton
Bellator 283: Lima vs. Jackson · Jul 22, 2022
TKO · R3 · 0:38
W
Duane Johnson
Bellator 273: Bader vs. Moldavsky · Jan 29, 2022
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Tony Johnson
Bellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2 · Apr 9, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Ty Gwerder
Bellator 250: Mousasi vs. Lima · Oct 29, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Mark Gardner
Bellator 243: Chandler vs. Henderson 2 · Aug 7, 2020
TKO · R1 · 5:00
W
Mark Jack
Bellator 243 · Aug 7, 2020
TKO · R1 · 5:00 · Middleweight
W
Claude Wilcox
Bellator 231: Mir vs. Nelson 2 · Oct 25, 2019
TKO · R2 · 4:23
W
Cody Vidal
Bellator 219: Awad vs. Girtz · Mar 29, 2019
TKO · R1 · 1:06

Tony Johnson3-2

L
Khalid Murtazaliev
Bellator 292: Nurmagomedov vs. Henderson · Mar 10, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
L
Dalton Rosta
Bellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2 · Apr 9, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Joe Schilling
Bellator 229: Koreshkov vs. Larkin · Oct 4, 2019
TKO · R3 · 2:07 · Middleweight
W
Alton Cunningham
Dana White's Contender Series 18 · Jun 25, 2019
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Light Heavyweight
W
Jaquis Williams
MCF 16: Validation · Oct 27, 2018
Majority Decision · Light Heavyweight

Full record · 13 fights

W
Mike Ortega
Bellator 183: Henderson vs. Freire · Sep 23, 2017
TKO · R2 · 1:49
W
Justin Baesman
Dragon House 13 · Feb 2, 2013
Split Decision · Welterweight
L
Clifford Starks
Pandemonium · Feb 25, 2011
Decision
L
Eric Lawson
Strikeforce: Destruction · Nov 20, 2008
Submission · R1 · 1:28 · Middleweight
W
Marcus Gaines
California Regional · Sep 12, 2008
TKO
W
Larry Rodriguez
IFC: Warriors Challenge 22 · Apr 12, 2008
TKO · R1 · 2:33 · Welterweight
W
Raymond Doxie
California Regional · Oct 12, 2007
W
Steve Hernandez
California Regional · Apr 7, 2007
TKO

Frequently asked questions

Who won Dalton Rosta vs Tony Johnson?

Dalton Rosta defeated Tony Johnson by Unanimous Decision in round 3 (5:00) in the bout of Bellator 256: Bader vs. Machida 2, held Friday, April 9, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.