Aubin-Mercier vs Miranda

Who won Aubin-Mercier vs Miranda?

Olivier Aubin Mercier beat Bruno Miranda by during the co-main event of 2023 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Lightweights, on Wednesday 23rd August 2023 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of 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 Miranda stats

Olivier Aubin Mercier stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Bruno Miranda made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 9 of those wins by knock out and 2 by submission.

The stats suggested Miranda had a massive power advantage over Mercier, boosting at 56% knock out percentage over Mercier's 16%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mercier had a large advantage over Miranda, boasting at 42% submission rate over Miranda's 13%.

Olivier Aubin Mercier was the older man by 1 year, at 34 years old.

Mercier was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 11 year and 11 months later than Miranda, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 61 to Miranda's 40.

Aubin-Mercier vs Miranda form

Mercier had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Anthony Romero at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beat 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.

Before that, 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.

He had beat Raush Manfio at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Activity check

Mercier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Miranda's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Aubin-Mercier vs Miranda?

Olivier Aubin Mercier was a 2/11 (-560) favourite going into the contest, while Bruno Miranda made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.