Claxton vs Gonzales

Who won Claxton vs Gonzales?

Justin Gonzales beat Tywan Claxton by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 260, on Friday 11th June 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Justin Gonzales.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Claxton vs Gonzales stats

Tywan Claxton stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Justin Gonzales made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Justin Gonzales marked his 6th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Tywan Claxton's Bellator record stood at 6-3-0, while Justin Gonzales' came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested that Claxton and Gonzales have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Claxton and Gonzales would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Tywan Claxton was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Gonzales had a height advantage of 2 inches over Claxton. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Claxton was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 3 months later than Gonzales, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 35 less professional rounds, 21 to Gonzales' 56.

Claxton vs Gonzales form

Claxton had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jay Jay Wilson at Bellator 242 on 24th July 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Braydon Akeo at Bellator 235 on 20th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had beaten James Bennett at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.

Before that, he had defeated Cris Lencioni at Bellator 204 on 17th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

He was victorious against Jose Perez at Bellator 194 on 16th February 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Claxton's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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