III vs Curtis

Who won III vs Curtis?

Ray Cooper beat Chris Curtis by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of PFL 2019 #7, on Friday 11th October 2019 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

III vs Curtis stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Chris Curtis made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Ray Cooper's PFL record stood at 12-5-1, while Chris Curtis' came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had an advantage in power over Curtis, with a 67% knock out percentage over Curtis' 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a large advantage over Curtis, boasting a 33% submission rate over Curtis' 5%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 5 years, at 31 years old.

Curtis had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years later than Curtis, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 62 less professional rounds, 57 to Curtis' 119.

III vs Curtis form

Cooper had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to John Howard at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Zane Kamaka at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Handesson Ferreira at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

He had defeated Jake Shields at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Entertainment and Sports Arena.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

Curtis' last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 5 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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