Neal vs Fortune

Who won Neal vs Fortune?

Grant Neal beat Tyree Fortune by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of Bellator 259, on Friday 21st May 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Neal vs Fortune stats

Grant Neal stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Tyree Fortune made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 5 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out.

Grant Neal's Bellator record stood at 8-2-0, while Tyree Fortune's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Fortune had an advantage in power over Neal, with a 40% knock out percentage over Neal's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Neal had a massive advantage over Fortune, boasting a 40% submission rate over Fortune's 0%.

Grant Neal was the younger man by 33 years, at years old.

Fortune had a height advantage of 3 inches over Neal. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Neal's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Fortune's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 4 months later than Fortune, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 28 to Fortune's 12.

Neal vs Fortune form

Grant Neal had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Romero Cotton at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Karl Albrektsson at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Kia Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Christian Edwards at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had lost to Alex Polizzi at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.

He was victorious against Tyree Fortune at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Neal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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