Vanderford vs Jones

Who won Vanderford vs Jones?

Austin Vanderford beat Cody Jones by submission in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 215, on Friday 15th February 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the 175 Catchweight division, which meant the weight limit was 175 pounds (12.5 stone or 79.4 KG).

Vanderford vs Jones stats

Austin Vanderford stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 6 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Cody Jones made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Austin Vanderford's Bellator record stood at 5-2-0, while Cody Jones' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested that Vanderford and Jones have similar power, both with a 33% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jones had an advantage over Vanderford, with a 50% submission rate over Vanderford's 33%.

Austin Vanderford was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Jones had a height advantage of 3 inches over Vanderford. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Vanderford was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 4 months later than Jones, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 28 to Jones' 13.

Vanderford vs Jones form

Austin Vanderford had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Aaron Jeffery at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Going into that contest, he had won against Fabian Edwards at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Vinicius de Jesus at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated Grachik Bozinyan at Bellator 234 on 14th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Vanderford's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Vanderford vs Jones?

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