Who won Franklin vs King?
Davion Franklin beat Tyler King by during the prelims of Bellator 259, on Friday 21st May 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Davion Franklin.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.
Franklin vs King stats
Davion Franklin stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 2 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Tyler King made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 9 loses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out and 7 by submission.
The stats suggested Franklin had a large advantage in power over King, boasting at 50% knock out percentage over King's 25%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested King had a massive advantage over Franklin, boosting at 58% submission rate over Franklin's 0%.
Davion Franklin was the younger man by 14 years, at 29 years old.
King had a height advantage of 3 inches over Franklin. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.
Franklin was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 19 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 9 year and 1 month later than King, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 16 to King's 36.
Franklin vs King form
Franklin had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going to the judges once.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Marcelo Golm at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by in the 3rd round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma, United States.
Previous to that, he had won against Said Sowma at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Going into that contest, he had beat Everett Cummings at Bellator 264 on 13th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
Before that, he had defeated Tyler King at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.
He had won against JW Kiser at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.
Activity check
Franklin's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.
What were the odds on Franklin vs King?
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