After initial defeat, the Granadas routed the Castilians and achieved a resounding victory.

On December 1448,[2] after previous losses, the Granadan Sultan, Muhammad IX, renewed his attack on Castile, especially the Kingdom of Murcia.

The governor of Hellín, Alfonso Tellez de Giron, desiring to display his great leadership, went hastily to meet the Granadans in the field.

The Castilians found some Granadans disbanded and separated from the main body, charged at them, and massacred them.

The victory at Hellín opened the way for the Granadans to ravage and loot Castilian territory at will.