Neal vs Polizzi

Who won Neal vs Polizzi?

Alex Polizzi beat Grant Neal by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 266, on Saturday 18th September 2021 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alex Polizzi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Neal vs Polizzi stats

Grant Neal stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Alex Polizzi made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Alex Polizzi marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Grant Neal's Bellator record stood at 8-2-0, while Alex Polizzi's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Polizzi had an advantage in power over Neal, with a 38% knock out percentage over Neal's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Polizzi had a slight advantage over Neal, with a 50% submission rate over Neal's 40%.

Grant Neal was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

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

Neal was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 6 months later than Polizzi, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 7 less professional rounds, 28 to Polizzi's 35.

Neal vs Polizzi form

Grant Neal had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Luke Trainer at Bellator Champions Series: Belfast on 22nd March 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Romero Cotton at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Pechanga Arena, San Diego, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Karl Albrektsson at Bellator 290 on 4th February 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Kia Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had defeated Christian Edwards at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had been beaten by Alex Polizzi at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.

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Neal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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