Hamlet vs Kei

Who won Hamlet vs Kei?

Marthin Hamlet Nielsen beat Sam Kei by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 4, on Thursday 8th June 2023 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marthin Hamlet Nielsen.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Hamlet vs Kei stats

Marthin Hamlet Nielsen stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Sam Kei made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out.

Marthin Hamlet Nielsen's PFL record stood at 6-4-0, while Sam Kei's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Kei had a large advantage in power over Nielsen, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Nielsen's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nielsen had a massive advantage over Kei, boasting a 36% submission rate over Kei's 0%.

Marthin Hamlet Nielsen was the older man by 32 years, at 32 years old.

Kei had a height advantage of 2 inches over Nielsen.

Nielsen was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2017, 4 years and 7 months later than Kei, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 34 to Kei's 38.

Hamlet vs Kei form

Nielsen had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Cezar Ferreira at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Cory Hendricks at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dan Spohn at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had defeated ukasz Parobiec at Cage Warriors Academy Denmark 2 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Arena Nord, Frederikshavn, Denmark.

He was victorious against Jack Rolinski at Cage Warriors Academy Denmark 1 on 22nd September 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Nykøbing F Hallen, Nykøbing.

Activity check

Nielsen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hamlet vs Kei?

Marthin Hamlet Nielsen was a 1/16 (-1100) favourite going into the contest, while Sam Kei made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+680) with oddsmakers.