Jr. vs Lawrence

Who won Jr. vs Lawrence?

AJ McKee Jr beat Justin Lawrence by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 197, on Friday 13th April 2018 at The Family Arena in St. Charles.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner AJ McKee Jr.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Jr. vs Lawrence stats

AJ McKee Jr stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Justin Lawrence made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was AJ McKee Jr's 23rd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

AJ McKee Jr's Bellator record stood at 22-1-0, while Justin Lawrence's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Lawrence had a slight advantage in power over McKee Jr, with a 45% knock out percentage over McKee Jr's 40%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested McKee Jr had a large advantage over Lawrence, boasting a 30% submission rate over Lawrence's 9%.

AJ McKee Jr was the younger man by 5 years, at 30 years old.

McKee Jr had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lawrence. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

McKee Jr was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 4 years and 4 months later than Lawrence, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 51 to Lawrence's 38.

Jr. vs Lawrence form

McKee Jr had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 253 on 19th November 2020 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Derek Campos at Bellator 236 on 21st December 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Pat Curran at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.

Before that, he was victorious against Daniel Crawford at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He had won against John Teixeira at Bellator 205 on 21st September 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Centurylink Arena, Boise.

Activity check

McKee Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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