Magomedkerimov vs III

Who won Magomedkerimov vs III?

Magomed Magomedkerimov beat Ray Cooper by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of PFL 2018 #11, on Monday 31st December 2018 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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).

Magomedkerimov vs III stats

Magomed Magomedkerimov stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Ray Cooper made his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out and 5 by submission.

The stats suggested Cooper had a large advantage in power over Magomedkerimov, boosting at 71% knock out percentage over Magomedkerimov's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a slight advantage over Magomedkerimov, with a 29% submission rate over Magomedkerimov's 27%.

Magomed Magomedkerimov was the older man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Magomedkerimov had a height advantage of 6 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Magomedkerimov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 years and 10 months earlier than Cooper, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 17 more professional rounds, 69 to Cooper's 52.

Magomedkerimov vs III form

Magomed Magomedkerimov had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Curtis Millender at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had won against John Howard at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by unanimous decision in the 1st round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

He had beat Ray Cooper at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Magomedkerimov's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Cooper's last 4 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.3 rounds on average.

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