Jeffery vs Vanderford

Who won Jeffery vs Vanderford?

Aaron Jeffery beat Austin Vanderford by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 284, on Friday 12th August 2022 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Jeffery vs Vanderford stats

Aaron Jeffery stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Austin Vanderford made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Aaron Jeffery's 6th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Austin Vanderford marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2019.

Aaron Jeffery's Bellator record stood at 4-2-0, while Austin Vanderford's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested Jeffery had a massive power advantage over Vanderford, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Vanderford's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vanderford had an advantage over Jeffery, with a 27% submission rate over Jeffery's 8%.

Aaron Jeffery was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

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

Jeffery was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Vanderford, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 51 to Vanderford's 31.

Jeffery vs Vanderford form

Austin Vanderford had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gegard Mousasi at Bellator MMA on 25th February 2022 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Middleweight championship fight at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had won against Fabian Edwards at Bellator 259 on 21st May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Vinicius de Jesus at Bellator 251 on 5th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had defeated Grachik Bozinyan at Bellator 234 on 14th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel.

He was victorious against Cody Jones at Bellator 215 on 15th February 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Activity check

Jeffery's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Vanderford's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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