Collard vs Martinez

Who won Collard vs Martinez?

Alex Martinez beat Clay Collard by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2022 #4, on Friday 17th June 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alex Martinez.

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 Martinez stats

Clay Collard stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alex Martinez made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 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 Alex Martinez's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Collard had a large advantage in power over Martinez, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Martinez's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martinez had a large advantage over Collard, boasting a 44% submission rate over Collard's 14%.

Clay Collard was the older man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Collard had a height advantage of 1 inch over Martinez.

Collard was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Martinez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 50 more professional rounds, 89 to Martinez's 39.

Collard vs Martinez form

Collard 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 Olivier Aubin Mercier at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Shane Burgos at 2023 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Lightweights on 23rd August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Stevie Ray at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Before that, he had defeated Yamato Nishikawa at PFL 3 on 14th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Alex Martinez at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Activity check

Collard's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Martinez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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