Fortune vs Mitrione

Who won Fortune vs Mitrione?

Tyrell Fortune beat Matt Mitrione by submission in the 1st round, during the co-main event of Bellator 262, on Friday 16th July 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

Fortune vs Mitrione stats

Tyrell Fortune stepped into the ring with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Matt Mitrione made his way to the ring with a record of 13 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Mitrione had a large advantage in power over Fortune, boosting at 85% knock out percentage over Fortune's 56%.

Tyrell Fortune was the younger man by 12 years, at 31 years old.

Mitrione had a height advantage of 1 inch over Fortune. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Fortune was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 less fights, and made his debut in 2016, 6 year and 10 months later than Mitrione, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 23 to Mitrione's 38.

Fortune vs Mitrione form

Fortune had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Said Sowma at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Timothy Johnson at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Azunna Anyanwu at Bellator 233 on 8th November 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Before that, he had beat Rudy Schaffroth at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

He had defeated Branko Busick at Bellator 178 on 21st April 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Matt Mitrione had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Timothy Johnson at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Sergei Kharitonov at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Sergei Kharitonov at Bellator 215 on 15th February 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had been beaten by Ryan Bader at Bellator 207 on 12th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had won against Roy Nelson at Bellator 194 on 16th February 2018 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Matt Mitrione had been fighting more than Tyrell Fortune.

Going to this contest, Tyrell Fortune had last fought 8 months and 25 days ago, while Matt Mitrione's last outing had been 11 months and 23 days ago.

Fortune's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Mitrione's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.