III vs Ponet

Who won III vs Ponet?

Ray Cooper beat Jason Ponet by submission in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 2021 #2, on Thursday 29th April 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

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 Ponet stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 7 loses and 1 draw, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Jason Ponet made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 12 loses and 1 draw, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Ponet, boasting at 70% knock out percentage over Ponet's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a slight advantage over Ponet, with a 30% submission rate over Ponet's 25%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 4 years, at 30 years old.

Ponet had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cooper.

Cooper was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 4 year and 2 months later than Ponet, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 16 less professional rounds, 52 to Ponet's 68.

III vs Ponet form

Cooper had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had beat Jason Ponet at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had won against David Michaud at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had beat Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 9 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 III vs Ponet?

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