Fortune vs James

Who won Fortune vs James?

Daniel James beat Tyrell Fortune by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of Bellator 288, on Friday 18th November 2022 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

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 James stats

Tyrell Fortune stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Daniel James made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 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 Daniel James' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Fortune had a slight advantage in power over James, with a 67% knock out percentage over James' 60%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested James had a large advantage over Fortune, boasting a 30% submission rate over Fortune's 8%.

Tyrell Fortune was the younger man by 9 years, at 34 years old.

James had a height advantage of 4 inches over Fortune. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Fortune was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 2 years and 7 months later than James, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 17 less professional rounds, 34 to James' 51.

Fortune vs James form

Fortune had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Said Sowma at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

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

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

Before that, he had defeated Rudy Schaffroth at Bellator 225 on 24th August 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport.

He was victorious against Branko Busick at Bellator 178 on 21st April 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Fortune's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 10 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

James' last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Fortune vs James?

Tyrell Fortune was a 33/100 (-300) favourite going into the contest, while Daniel James made his way into the ring at 43/20 (+220) with oddsmakers.