III vs Shields

Who won III vs Shields?

Ray Cooper beat Jake Shields by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 2018 #10, on Saturday 20th October 2018 at Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington D.C..

The fight was scheduled to take place over 2 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 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 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 33 wins, 10 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 67% knock out percentage over Shields' 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shields had a slight advantage over Cooper, with a 36% submission rate over Cooper's 33%.

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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Cooper's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

Shields' last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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