Fortune vs Mitrione

Who won Fortune vs Mitrione?

Tyrell Fortune beat Matt Mitrione by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of Bellator 262, on Friday 16th July 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Fortune vs Mitrione stats

Tyrell Fortune stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Matt Mitrione made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Tyrell Fortune's 17th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016.

Tyrell Fortune's Bellator record stood at 13-2-0, while Matt Mitrione's came in at 4-4-0.

The stats suggested Mitrione had a large advantage in power over Fortune, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Fortune's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fortune had an advantage over Mitrione, with a 11% submission rate over Mitrione's 0%.

Tyrell Fortune was the younger man by 12 years, at 34 years old.

Mitrione had a height advantage of 1 inch over Fortune. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Fortune was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 6 years and 10 months later than Mitrione, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 34 to Mitrione's 38.

Fortune vs Mitrione form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jack May at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Said Sowma at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Timothy Johnson at Bellator 239 on 21st February 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Before that, he had defeated Azunna Anyanwu at Bellator 233 on 8th November 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

He was victorious against Rudy Schaffroth at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

Activity check

Fortune's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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