Jones vs Gennrich

Who won Jones vs Gennrich?

Kegan Gennrich beat Jacobi Jones by submission in the 5th round during the main event of LFA 174, on Friday 12th January 2024 at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Jones vs Gennrich stats

Jacobi Jones stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Kegan Gennrich made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Kegan Gennrich marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Jacobi Jones' LFA record stood at 6-2-0, while Kegan Gennrich's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Jones had an advantage in power over Gennrich, with a 33% knock out percentage over Gennrich's 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gennrich had a slight advantage over Jones, with a 43% submission rate over Jones' 33%.

Jacobi Jones was the older man by 28 years, at 28 years old.

Gennrich had a height advantage of 4 inches over Jones.

Jones was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 5 years and 9 months later than Gennrich, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 9 less professional rounds, 21 to Gennrich's 30.

Jones vs Gennrich form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Daniel James Allen at Contender Series 2023 on 19th September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani at LFA 158 on 19th May 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their LFA Lightweight championship fight at Gila River Resorts & Casinos, Chandler.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Christian Turner at LFA 144 on 14th October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had defeated Riley Wiseman at LFA 133 on 3rd June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Magness Arena, Denver.

He had been beaten by Austin Wourms at LFA 124 on 11th February 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Arizona Federal Theatre, Phoenix.

Kegan Gennrich had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Donald Bush at LFA 168 on 22nd September 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Richie Miranda at LFA 157 on 21st April 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jake Kozorosky at LFA 145 on 21st October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Oshkosh Arena, Oshkosh.

Before that, he had defeated Austin Lutchen at LFA 131 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Oshkosh Arena, Oshkosh.

He had been defeated by Evan Elder at LFA 88 on 21st August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jacobi Jones had been fighting more than Kegan Gennrich.

Going to this contest, Jacobi Jones had last fought 10 months and 5 days ago, while Kegan Gennrich's last outing had been 10 months and 2 days ago.

Jones' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Gennrich's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Jones vs Gennrich?

Jacobi Jones was a 12/25 (-210) favourite going into the contest, while Kegan Gennrich made his way into the ring at 31/20 (+150) with oddsmakers.