III vs Michaud

Who won III vs Michaud?

Ray Cooper beat David Michaud by during the co-main event of PFL 2019 #10, on Tuesday 31st December 2019 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ray Cooper.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

III vs Michaud stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

David Michaud made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Ray Cooper's PFL record stood at 12-5-1, while David Michaud's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had an advantage in power over Michaud, with a 68% knock out percentage over Michaud's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a slight advantage over Michaud, with a 32% submission rate over Michaud's 28%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 4 years, at 31 years old.

Michaud had a height advantage of 2 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 2 months later than Michaud, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 57 to Michaud's 46.

III vs Michaud form

Cooper had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to John Howard at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Zane Kamaka at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Before that, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had defeated Handesson Ferreira at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Michaud's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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