Who won III vs Kamaka?
Ray Cooper beat Zane Kamaka by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 2019 #1, on Thursday 9th May 2019 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).
III vs Kamaka stats
Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 6 loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.
Zane Kamaka made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 5 of those wins by knock out and 4 by submission.
The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Kamaka, boasting at 71% knock out percentage over Kamaka's 38%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kamaka had a slight advantage over Cooper, with a 31% submission rate over Cooper's 29%.
Ray Cooper was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.
Kamaka had a height advantage of 6 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.
Cooper was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 year and 1 month later than Kamaka, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 57 to Kamaka's 32.
III vs Kamaka form
Cooper had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Carlos Leal at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had won against Rory MacDonald at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.
Before that, he had beat Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
He had defeated Jason Ponet at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.
Activity check
Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 30 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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