Schulte vs Held

Who won Schulte vs Held?

Marcin Held beat Natan Schulte by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-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 Marcin Held.

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).

Schulte vs Held stats

Natan Schulte stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Marcin Held made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

Natan Schulte's PFL record stood at 14-2-1, while Marcin Held's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Schulte had a slight advantage in power over Held, with a 20% knock out percentage over Held's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Held had a slight advantage over Schulte, with a 54% submission rate over Schulte's 45%.

Natan Schulte was the same age as Marcin Held, at 32 years old.

Schulte had a height advantage of 1 inch over Held. Despite this, Held had 2-inch reach advantage.

Schulte was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 2 months later than Held, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 3 less professional rounds, 75 to Held's 78.

Schulte vs Held form

Natan Schulte had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jeremy Stephens at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Marcin Held at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Olivier Aubin Mercier at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had defeated Alex Martinez at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had been beaten by Marcin Held at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

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Schulte's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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