Fortune vs Anyanwu

Who won Fortune vs Anyanwu?

Tyrell Fortune beat Azunna Anyanwu by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 233, on Friday 8th November 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville.

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 Anyanwu stats

Tyrell Fortune stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Azunna Anyanwu made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

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 Azunna Anyanwu's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Anyanwu had a slight advantage in power over Fortune, with a 60% knock out percentage over Fortune's 57%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Fortune had a slight advantage over Anyanwu, with a 14% submission rate over Anyanwu's 13%.

Tyrell Fortune was the younger man by 8 years, at 35 years old.

Fortune had a height advantage of 1 inch over Anyanwu. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Fortune was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 6 years later than Anyanwu, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 34 to Anyanwu's 50.

Fortune vs Anyanwu form

Fortune had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sergey Bilostenniy at PFL 7: 2024 Playoffs on 2nd August 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Marcelo Golm at PFL 4: 2024 Regular Season on 13th June 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Sergey Bilostenniy at Bellator 294 on 21st April 2023 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had been beaten by Daniel James at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

He had defeated Rakim Cleveland at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

Fortune's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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