{"id":69867,"date":"2025-08-15T09:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/69867\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:25:06","slug":"when-is-geoff-neals-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/69867\/","title":{"rendered":"When Is Geoff Neal&#8217;s Next Fight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American MMA star and UFC welterweight contender Geoff Neal rose to prominence among fans because of his incredible one-punch knockout power, which ended the majority of his fights inside the octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Neal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/sports\/mma-45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UFC odds<\/a> are always available at the BetMGM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">online sportsbook<\/a> whenever he competes. But when will \u201cHandz of Steel\u201d return to action? Who will he face next? Find out below.<\/p>\n<p>When Is Geoff Neal\u2019s Next Fight?<\/p>\n<p>Neal is set to face a fellow ranked contender, Carlos Prates, in the main card of UFC 319 on Aug. 16. The bout will take place inside the United Center in Chicago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A win for Neal could propel him into the top 10 rankings of the division. It would also move him closer to a potential shot at the UFC welterweight belt.<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Neal\u2019s MMA Record and Statistics<\/p>\n<p>MMA record: 16-6<br \/>\nWins by TKO\/KO: 10<br \/>\nWins by decision: 4<br \/>\nStriking accuracy: 51%<br \/>\nSignificant strikes landed per minute: 5.05<br \/>\nSignificant strikes absorbed: 5.44<br \/>\nTakedown average per 15 minutes: 0.56<br \/>\nSubmission average per 15 minutes: 0.11<br \/>\nSignificant strikes defense: 57%<br \/>\nTakedown defense: 88%<br \/>\nKnockdown average: 1.01<br \/>\nAverage fight time: 10:14<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Neal\u2019s Notable Wins<\/p>\n<p>Neal\u2019s wins in the UFC were against Brian Camozzi, Frank Camacho, Belal Muhammad, Niko Price, Mike Perry, Santiago Ponzinibbio, Vicente Luque, and Rafael Dos Anjos.<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Neal\u2019s UFC Earnings<\/p>\n<p>Neal\u2019s estimated UFC earnings are over $1.3 million, and his previous payout against Rafael Dos Anjos from their fight last October was $216,000.<\/p>\n<p>Geoff Neal\u2019s Team and Corner<\/p>\n<p>Neal represents Fortis MMA from Dallas, Texas. The team is owned by former NBA All-Star Deron Williams, and its head coach is Sayif Saud.<\/p>\n<p>Other active UFC fighters from Fortis MMA include Miles Johns, Kennedy Nzechukwu, Jacobe Smith, Alex Morono, Damon Jackson, and Ryan Spann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American MMA star and UFC welterweight contender Geoff Neal rose to prominence among fans because of his incredible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-69867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}