Fortune vs Sowma

Who won Fortune vs Sowma?

Tyrell Fortune beat Said Sowma by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 251, on Thursday 5th November 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Tyrell Fortune.

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 Sowma stats

Tyrell Fortune stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Said Sowma made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 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 Said Sowma's came in at 2-4-0.

The stats suggested Fortune had an advantage in power over Sowma, with a 63% knock out percentage over Sowma's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Sowma had a slight advantage over Fortune, with a 17% submission rate over Fortune's 13%.

Tyrell Fortune was the older man by 3 years, at 34 years old.

Fortune had a height advantage of 3 inches over Sowma. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Fortune was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 5 months earlier than Sowma, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 1 more professional rounds, 34 to Sowma's 33.

Fortune vs Sowma form

Said Sowma had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Gokhan Saricam at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Davion Franklin at Bellator 274 on 19th February 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had won against Vitaly Minakov at Bellator MMA on 23rd October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at VTB Arena, Moscow, Russia.

Before that, he had beaten Ronny Markes at Bellator 262 on 16th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had been defeated by Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

Fortune's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 10 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Sowma's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 1 month, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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