Palmer vs Jenkins

Who won Palmer vs Jenkins?

Bubba Jenkins beat Lance Palmer by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card 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 Bubba Jenkins.

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 Jenkins stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Bubba Jenkins made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Bubba Jenkins' came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Jenkins had a massive power advantage over Palmer, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Palmer's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Palmer had an advantage over Jenkins, with a 36% submission rate over Jenkins' 21%.

Lance Palmer was the older man by 1 year, at 37 years old.

Jenkins had a height advantage of 1 inch over Palmer. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Palmer was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 months earlier than Jenkins, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 87 to Jenkins' 65.

Palmer vs Jenkins form

Palmer had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alex Gilpin at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Alexandre de Almeida at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Luis Rafael Laurentino at PFL 2019 #5 on 25th July 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he was victorious 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.

He had won against 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.

Bubba Jenkins had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Ryoji Kudo at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had defeated Reinaldo Ekson at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Kyle Bochniak at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had lost to Chris Wade at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

He had won against Bobby Moffett at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Bubba Jenkins had been fighting more than Lance Palmer.

Going to this contest, Lance Palmer had last fought 4 years, 4 months and 3 days ago, while Bubba Jenkins' last outing had been 1 year, 8 months and 14 days ago.

Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Jenkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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