Collard vs Manfio

Who won Collard vs Manfio?

Raush Manfio beat Clay Collard by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card 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 Raush Manfio.

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 Manfio stats

Clay Collard stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Raush Manfio made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out.

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

Clay Collard's PFL record stood at 7-4-0, while Raush Manfio's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Manfio had a slight advantage in power over Collard, with a 64% knock out percentage over Collard's 56%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Collard had an advantage over Manfio, with a 17% submission rate over Manfio's 0%.

Clay Collard was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Collard had a height advantage of 2 inches over Manfio. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Collard was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 8 months earlier than Manfio, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 89 to Manfio's 62.

Collard vs Manfio form

Manfio had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Natan Schulte at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Olivier Aubin Mercier 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 won against Don Madge at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had beaten Loik Radzhabov at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

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

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Manfio's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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