Storley vs Matthews

Who won Storley vs Matthews?

Logan Storley beat AJ Matthews by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of Bellator 204, on Friday 17th August 2018 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Storley vs Matthews stats

Logan Storley stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

AJ Matthews made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Logan Storley's Bellator record stood at 10-2-0, while AJ Matthews' came in at 5-7-0.

The stats suggested Storley had a slight advantage in power over Matthews, with a 75% knock out percentage over Matthews' 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Storley and Matthews would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Logan Storley was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Matthews had a height advantage of 2 inches over Storley. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Storley was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 8 years and 4 months later than Matthews, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 42 to Matthews' 38.

Storley vs Matthews form

Storley had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Shamil Musaev at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Brennan Ward at Bellator 298 – Storley vs. Ward on 11th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator Dublin on 25th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had beaten Michael Page at Bellator 281 on 13th May 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at SSE Arena, London.

He had defeated Neiman Gracie at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Activity check

Storley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 2 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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