Neal vs Garry

Who won Neal vs Garry?

Ian Machado Garry beat Geoff Neal by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 298, on Saturday 17th February 2024 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Ian Machado Garry.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Neal vs Garry stats

Geoff Neal stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Ian Machado Garry made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 13 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Geoff Neal's UFC record stood at 7-4-0, while Ian Machado Garry's came in at 7-0-0.

The stats suggested Neal had a slight advantage in power over Garry, with a 60% knock out percentage over Garry's 54%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Neal had a slight advantage over Garry, with a 13% submission rate over Garry's 8%.

Geoff Neal was the older man by 7 years, at 33 years old.

Garry had a height advantage of 4 inches over Neal. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Neal was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 5 months earlier than Garry, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 49 to Garry's 33.

Neal vs Garry form

Neal had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Vicente Luque at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill on 6th August 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Neil Magny at UFC Vegas 26 on 8th May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Stephen Thompson at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Neal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Neal vs Garry?

Geoff Neal was a 2/1 (+200) underdog going into the contest, while Ian Machado Garry made his way into the ring at 2/5 (-250) with oddsmakers.