Pettis vs Collard

Who won Pettis vs Collard?

Clay Collard beat Anthony Pettis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2021 #1, on Friday 23rd April 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

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).

Pettis vs Collard stats

Anthony Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Clay Collard made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Clay Collard marked his 11th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Anthony Pettis' PFL record stood at 1-3-0, while Clay Collard's came in at 7-4-0.

The stats suggested Collard had a slight advantage in power over Pettis, with a 56% knock out percentage over Pettis' 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had an advantage over Collard, with a 29% submission rate over Collard's 17%.

Anthony Pettis was the older man by 6 years, at 37 years old.

Collard had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pettis. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Pettis was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in , 13 years and 1 month earlier than Collard, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 85 to Collard's 89.

Pettis vs Collard form

Pettis had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Diego Ferreira at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Nate Diaz at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Going into that contest, he had won against Stephen Thompson at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

Before that, he had been defeated by Tony Ferguson at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had beaten Michael Chiesa at UFC 226 on 7th July 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Last Vegas.

Activity check

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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