MacDonald vs Millender

Who won MacDonald vs Millender?

Rory MacDonald beat Curtis Millender by submission in the 1st round during the 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).

MacDonald vs Millender stats

Rory MacDonald stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Curtis Millender made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

Rory MacDonald's PFL record stood at 2-4-0, while Curtis Millender's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested that MacDonald and Millender have similar power, both with a 33% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested MacDonald had a massive advantage over Millender, boasting a 33% submission rate over Millender's 0%.

Rory MacDonald was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

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

MacDonald was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 7 years and 4 months earlier than Millender, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 88 to Millender's 67.

MacDonald vs Millender form

Rory MacDonald had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Ray Cooper 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 been beaten by Gleison Tibau at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had won against Curtis Millender at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had been defeated by Douglas Lima at Bellator 232 on 26th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had beaten Neiman Gracie at Bellator 222 on 14th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Welterweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

MacDonald's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 1 month and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Millender's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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