Neal vs Polizzi

Who won Neal vs Polizzi?

Alex Polizzi beat Grant Neal by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 266, on Saturday 18th September 2021 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alex Polizzi.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Neal vs Polizzi stats

Grant Neal stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 5 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Alex Polizzi made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Alex Polizzi marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Grant Neal's Bellator record stood at 8-2-0, while Alex Polizzi's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Polizzi had an advantage in power over Neal, with a 38% knock out percentage over Neal's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Polizzi had a slight advantage over Neal, with a 50% submission rate over Neal's 40%.

Grant Neal was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Polizzi had a height advantage of 1 inch over Neal. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Neal was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 6 months later than Polizzi, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 28 to Polizzi's 34.

Neal vs Polizzi form

Alex Polizzi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Yoel Romero at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had won against Jose Augusto Azevedo at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at The Family Arena, St. Louis, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Grant Neal at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.

Before that, he had defeated Gustavo Trujillo at Bellator 260 on 11th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He was victorious against Jamal Pogues at LFA 82 on 21st February 2020 by submission in the 4th round in their LFA Light Heavyweight championship fight at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

Activity check

Polizzi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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