McGeary’s Bellator road to Conneticut has been fast and furious . . . only ten minutes 35 seconds required in the arena
Apr 2013: Anton Talamantes – 1st round TKO (1 min 18 sec)
Sept 2013: Beau Tribolt – 1st round KO (27 sec)
Nov 2013: Najim Wali – 1st round Submission (1 min 31 sec)
May 2014: Mike Mucitelli – 1st round KO (22 sec)
July 2014: Edigius Valavicius – 1st round KO (2 min 10 sec)
Sept 2014: Kelly Anundson – 1st round Submission (4 min 47 sec)
A clip from McGeary’s quickest win to date (a 22 second knockout of Mike Mucitelli) has attracted over 150,000 views online so far, and as his fan-base continues to grow to unprecedented levels he has used numerous pre-fight promotions and press conferences to express confidence in his ability to capture Britain’s first MMA world championship belt.
And he has good reason to.
McGeary may only have nine professional wins behind him (from nine fights), but five of those have been by knockout. Nothing but convincing. Comparing that to Newton’s record, which shows just four KO wins from his 25 successful bouts (alongside nine submissions and 12 decisions), you can understand why the Islander believes he has the edge.
‘I’m ready,’ he said. ‘My training has been hard and I have been pushed to my limits. But it will all pay off when I get in there.
‘Don’t blink … I’m going to make a statement on this one.’
| McGeary | Newton | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Wins | 25 |
| 0 | Losses | 7 |
| 0 | Draws | 1 |
