Schiro vs Jones

Who won Schiro vs Jones?

Dante Schiro beat Austin Jones by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of LFA 186, on Saturday 22nd June 2024 at Magness Arena in Denver.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Dante Schiro.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

Schiro vs Jones stats

Dante Schiro stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Austin Jones made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Dante Schiro's 4th fight in the LFA, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018. Austin Jones marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2018.

Dante Schiro's LFA record stood at 4-0-0, while Austin Jones' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Schiro had an advantage in power over Jones, with a 56% knock out percentage over Jones' 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Schiro had an advantage over Jones, with a 33% submission rate over Jones' 13%.

Dante Schiro was the younger man by 35 years, at years old.

Schiro had a height advantage of 3 inches over Jones.

Schiro was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2018, 3 years later than Jones, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 34 to Jones' 55.

Schiro vs Jones form

Schiro had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Luca Poclit at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Scotty Hao at Bellator 278 on 22nd April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Logan Storley at Bellator 265 on 20th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had been defeated by Agilan Thani at ONE Championship – Mark of Greatness on 6th December 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He had beaten Rmandel Cameron at LFA 70 on 28th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Sylvee, Madison, United States.

Activity check

Schiro's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Schiro vs Jones?

Dante Schiro was a 4/11 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Austin Jones made his way into the ring at 9/5 (+180) with oddsmakers.