Collard vs Stephens

Who won Collard vs Stephens?

Clay Collard beat Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2022 #1, on Wednesday 20th April 2022 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Clay Collard.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Collard vs Stephens stats

Clay Collard stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Jeremy Stephens made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 19 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Clay Collard's 11th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Clay Collard's PFL record stood at 7-4-0, while Jeremy Stephens' came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Stephens had an advantage in power over Collard, with a 68% knock out percentage over Collard's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Collard had a slight advantage over Stephens, with a 15% submission rate over Stephens' 7%.

Clay Collard was the younger man by 6 years, at 31 years old.

Collard had a height advantage of 2 inches over Stephens. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Collard was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 years and 2 months later than Stephens, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 24 less professional rounds, 89 to Stephens' 113.

Collard vs Stephens form

Jeremy Stephens had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Myles Price at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Clay Collard at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Calvin Kattar at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had lost to Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

Collard's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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