Collard vs Burgos

Who won Collard vs Burgos?

Clay Collard beat Shane Burgos by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of 2023 PFL Playoffs, on Wednesday 23rd August 2023 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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).

Collard vs Burgos stats

Clay Collard stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Shane Burgos made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

This was Clay Collard's 11th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Clay Collard's PFL record stood at 7-4-0, while Shane Burgos' came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Collard had an advantage in power over Burgos, with a 48% knock out percentage over Burgos' 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Burgos had an advantage over Collard, with a 31% submission rate over Collard's 13%.

Clay Collard was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Burgos had 3-inch reach advantage.

Collard was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 4 months earlier than Burgos, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 89 to Burgos' 49.

Collard vs Burgos form

Collard had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Stevie Ray at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Yamato Nishikawa 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 lost to Alex Martinez at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Before that, he had defeated Jeremy Stephens at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

He had been beaten by Raush Manfio at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Shane Burgos had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Billy Quarantillo at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Edson Barboza at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Toyota Center, Houston.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Josh Emmett at UFC Vegas 3 on 20th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Cub Swanson at UFC on ESPN+ 9 on 4th May 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada.

He had been beaten by Calvin Kattar at UFC 220 on 20th January 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Clay Collard had been fighting more than Shane Burgos.

Going to this contest, Clay Collard had last fought 10 months and 3 days ago, while Shane Burgos' last outing had been 2 years, 5 months and 20 days ago.

Collard's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Burgos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Collard vs Burgos?

Clay Collard was a 21/20 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Shane Burgos made his way into the ring at 7/10 (-110) with oddsmakers.