James vs Golm

Who won James vs Golm?

Daniel James beat Marcelo Golm by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 1, on Thursday 4th April 2024 at Boeing Center in San Antonio.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

James vs Golm stats

Daniel James stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Marcelo Golm made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Daniel James' PFL record stood at 1-0-0, while Marcelo Golm's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested James had a slight advantage in power over Golm, with a 71% knock out percentage over Golm's 70%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Golm had a slight advantage over James, with a 30% submission rate over James' 21%.

Daniel James was the older man by 11 years, at 42 years old.

James had a height advantage of 3 inches over Golm. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

James was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 1 year and 1 month earlier than Golm, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 27 more professional rounds, 51 to Golm's 24.

James vs Golm form

Daniel James had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Gokhan Saricam at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Marcelo Golm at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Tyrell Fortune at Bellator 288 on 18th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Before that, he had been beaten by Brett Martin at LFA 77 on 27th September 2019 by knockout in the 5th round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

He had defeated Patrick Martin at LFA 67 on 24th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Branson Convention Center, Branson.

Golm had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Daniel James at Bellator 293 on 31st March 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Pechanga Resort Casino, Temecula, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Davion Franklin at Bellator MMA on 22nd July 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Emerald Queen Casino and Hotel, Tacoma.

Going into that contest, he had won against Billy Swanson at Bellator 265 on 20th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had lost to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC on ESPN+ 7 on 20th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Yubileyny Sports Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.

He had been beaten by Timothy Johnson at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Daniel James had been fighting more than Marcelo Golm.

Going to this contest, Daniel James had last fought 10 months and 10 days ago, while Marcelo Golm's last outing had been 1 year and 26 days ago.

James' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Golm's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on James vs Golm?

Daniel James was a 5/4 (+130) underdog going into the contest, while Marcelo Golm made his way into the ring at 11/20 (-180) with oddsmakers.