Palmer vs Laurentino

Who won Palmer vs Laurentino?

Lance Palmer beat Luis Rafael Laurentino by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of PFL 2019 #5, on Thursday 25th July 2019 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

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 Laurentino stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 8 by submission.

Luis Rafael Laurentino made his way to the cage with a record of 34 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 19 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Luis Rafael Laurentino's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Laurentino had a large advantage in power over Palmer, boasting a 29% knock out percentage over Palmer's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Laurentino had an advantage over Palmer, with a 56% submission rate over Palmer's 44%.

Lance Palmer was the older man by 6 years, at 37 years old.

Laurentino had a height advantage of 2 inches over Palmer. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Palmer was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 14 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year earlier than Laurentino, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 87 to Laurentino's 55.

Palmer vs Laurentino form

Lance Palmer had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alex Gilpin at PFL 2019 #2 on 23rd May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Steven Siler at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Andre Harrison at PFL 2018 #8 on 5th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans.

Before that, he was victorious against Tuerxun Jumabieke at PFL 2018 #4 on 19th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

He had won against Bekbulat Magomedov at PFL 2018 #1 on 7th June 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 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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