Jury vs Girtz

Who won Jury vs Girtz?

Myles Jury beat Brandon Girtz by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 239, on Friday 21st February 2020 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Myles Jury.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Jury vs Girtz stats

Myles Jury stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Brandon Girtz made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Myles Jury's Bellator record stood at 2-2-0, while Brandon Girtz's came in at 8-8-0.

The stats suggested Jury had a massive power advantage over Girtz, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Girtz's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Girtz had a massive advantage over Jury, boasting a 50% submission rate over Jury's 18%.

Myles Jury was the younger man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Jury had a height advantage of 4 inches over Girtz. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Jury was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 months earlier than Girtz, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 46 to Girtz's 52.

Jury vs Girtz form

Myles Jury had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Brandon Girtz at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Benson Henderson at Bellator 227 on 27th September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had been beaten by Andre Fili at UFC on ESPN 1 on 17th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, United States.

He had been defeated by Chad Mendes at UFC Fight Night 133 on 14th July 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at CenturyLink Arena, Boise.

Activity check

Jury's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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