Aubin-Mercier vs Horcher

Who won Aubin-Mercier vs Horcher?

Olivier Aubin Mercier beat Darrell Horcher by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2021 #7, on Friday 13th August 2021 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Olivier Aubin Mercier.

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).

Aubin-Mercier vs Horcher stats

Olivier Aubin Mercier stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Darrell Horcher made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Olivier Aubin Mercier's PFL record stood at 10-0-0, while Darrell Horcher's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Horcher had a massive power advantage over Mercier, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Mercier's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mercier had a massive advantage over Horcher, boasting a 73% submission rate over Horcher's 7%.

Olivier Aubin Mercier was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Horcher had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mercier. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Mercier was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 1 month later than Horcher, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 22 more professional rounds, 66 to Horcher's 44.

Aubin-Mercier vs Horcher form

Mercier had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Bruno Miranda at 2023 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Lightweights on 23rd August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Anthony Romero at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Shane Burgos at PFL 3 on 14th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Stevie Ray at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had won against Alex Martinez at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

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Mercier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 4 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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