Willis vs Ivy

Who won Willis vs Ivy?

Anthony Ivy beat Jaleel Willis by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of PFL 7, on Friday 2nd August 2024 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville.

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).

Willis vs Ivy stats

Jaleel Willis stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Anthony Ivy made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

This was Jaleel Willis' 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Anthony Ivy marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Jaleel Willis' PFL record stood at 0-1-0, while Anthony Ivy's came in at 2-0-0.

The stats suggested Ivy had an advantage in power over Willis, with a 45% knock out percentage over Willis' 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Ivy had a massive advantage over Willis, boasting a 55% submission rate over Willis' 0%.

Jaleel Willis was the younger man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Ivy had a height advantage of 3 inches over Willis. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Willis was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Ivy, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 50 to Ivy's 41.

Willis vs Ivy form

Jaleel Willis had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Cedric Doumbe at Bellator Champions Series: Paris on 17th May 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Ramazan Kuramagomedov at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kyle Crutchmer at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had been defeated by Sabah Homasi at Bellator 273 on 29th January 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

He had lost to Mukhamed Berkhamov at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Activity check

Willis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Willis vs Ivy?

Jaleel Willis was a 8/13 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Anthony Ivy made his way into the ring at 6/5 (+120) with oddsmakers.