Palmer vs Wade

Who won Palmer vs Wade?

Chris Wade beat Lance Palmer by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL 2022 #2, on Thursday 28th April 2022 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Chris Wade.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Palmer vs Wade stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Chris Wade made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Chris Wade's came in at 11-7-0.

The stats suggested that Palmer and Wade have similar power, both with a 5% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Palmer had an advantage over Wade, with a 36% submission rate over Wade's 25%.

Lance Palmer was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Wade had a height advantage of 4 inches over Palmer. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Palmer's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Wade's, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 months earlier than Wade, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 4 more professional rounds, 87 to Wade's 83.

Palmer vs Wade form

Palmer had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Movlid Khaybulaev at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Bubba Jenkins at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Alex Gilpin at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Alexandre de Almeida at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Luis Rafael Laurentino at PFL 2019 #5 on 25th July 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Wade had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Movlid Khaybulaev at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Bubba Jenkins at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Going into that contest, he had won against Arman Ospanov at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had beaten Anthony Dizy at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had lost to Loik Radzhabov at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Chris Wade had been fighting more than Lance Palmer.

Going to this contest, Lance Palmer had last fought 2 years, 10 months and 2 days ago, while Chris Wade's last outing had been 2 years and 6 months ago.

Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Wade's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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