Jr. vs Campos

Who won Jr. vs Campos?

AJ McKee Jr beat Derek Campos by submission in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Bellator 236, on Saturday 21st December 2019 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Jr. vs Campos stats

AJ McKee Jr stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 15 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Derek Campos made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

AJ McKee Jr's Bellator record stood at 22-1-0, while Derek Campos' came in at 9-9-0.

The stats suggested McKee Jr had a slight advantage in power over Campos, with a 40% knock out percentage over Campos' 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McKee Jr had a slight advantage over Campos, with a 27% submission rate over Campos' 25%.

AJ McKee Jr was the younger man by 7 years, at 29 years old.

McKee Jr had a height advantage of 1 inch over Campos. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

McKee Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 6 years and 3 months later than Campos, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 22 less professional rounds, 48 to Campos' 70.

Jr. vs Campos form

McKee Jr had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Pat Curran at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Daniel Crawford at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had defeated John Teixeira at Bellator 205 on 21st September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Centurylink Arena, Boise.

Before that, he was victorious against Justin Lawrence at Bellator 197 on 13th April 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Charles.

He had won against Dominic Mazzotta at Bellator 178 on 21st April 2017 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

McKee Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Campos' last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

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