Fortune vs Busick

Who won Fortune vs Busick?

Tyrell Fortune beat Branko Busick by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 178, on Friday 21st April 2017 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

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 Busick stats

Tyrell Fortune stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 2 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Branko Busick made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Tyrell Fortune's Bellator record stood at 13-3-0, while Branko Busick's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Fortune had a massive power advantage over Busick, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Busick's 0%.

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

Tyrell Fortune was the same age as Branko Busick, at 33 years old.

Fortune had a height advantage of 1 inch over Busick. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Fortune was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 5 months earlier than Busick, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 30 to Busick's 10.

Fortune vs Busick form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Sergey Bilostenniy at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Daniel James at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rakim Cleveland at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Before that, 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.

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

Activity check

Fortune's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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