Fortune vs Bilostenniy

Who won Fortune vs Bilostenniy?

Tyrell Fortune beat Sergey Bilostenniy by during the prelims of Bellator 294, on Friday 21st April 2023 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tyrell Fortune.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Fortune vs Bilostenniy stats

Tyrell Fortune stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Sergey Bilostenniy made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Tyrell Fortune's 17th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Tyrell Fortune's Bellator record stood at 13-2-0, while Sergey Bilostenniy's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Bilostenniy had a slight advantage in power over Fortune, with a 70% knock out percentage over Fortune's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fortune had a slight advantage over Bilostenniy, with a 8% submission rate over Bilostenniy's 0%.

Tyrell Fortune was the older man by 6 years, at 34 years old.

Fortune had a height advantage of 1 inch over Bilostenniy.

Fortune was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 4 months later than Bilostenniy, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 33 to Bilostenniy's 24.

Fortune vs Bilostenniy form

Fortune had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Daniel James at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Rakim Cleveland at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Linton Vassell at Bellator 271 on 12th November 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, he had beaten Matt Mitrione at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Jack May at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Fortune's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Fortune vs Bilostenniy?

Tyrell Fortune was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Sergey Bilostenniy made his way into the ring at 1/1 (+100) with oddsmakers.