III vs Shields

Who won III vs Shields?

Ray Cooper beat Jake Shields by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of PFL 2018 #3, on Thursday 5th July 2018 at GWU Smith Center in Washington D.C..

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 Shields stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jake Shields made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 by submission.

Ray Cooper's PFL record stood at 12-5-1, while Jake Shields' came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Shields, boasting a 62% knock out percentage over Shields' 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Cooper and Shields would have been pretty equal, both with a 38% submission rate.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 14 years, at 31 years old.

Shields had a height advantage of 5 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 24 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 8 months later than Shields, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 52 less professional rounds, 57 to Shields' 109.

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