Nielsen vs Vincent

Who won Nielsen vs Vincent?

Jeff Nielsen beat Zeb Vincent by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of LFA 182, on Friday 26th April 2024 at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls.

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).

Nielsen vs Vincent stats

Jeff Nielsen stepped into the octagon with a record of 2 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Zeb Vincent made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Jeff Nielsen's LFA record stood at 1-3-0, while Zeb Vincent's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested that Nielsen and Vincent have similar power, both with a 50% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Nielsen and Vincent would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Jeff Nielsen was the younger man by 29 years, at years old.

Vincent had a height advantage of 2 inches over Nielsen.

Nielsen was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 4 years and 10 months earlier than Vincent, whose first professional fight was in 2023. He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 15 to Vincent's 3.

Nielsen vs Vincent form

Jeff Nielsen had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Joey Hart at LFA 168 on 22nd September 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Rueben Johnson at LFA 156 on 14th April 2023 by knockout in the 3rd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Ben Schauer at LFA 144 on 14th October 2022 by knockout at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had been defeated by Billy Elekana at LFA 120 on 10th December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

He had beaten C J Hays at LFA 108 on 21st May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Activity check

Nielsen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nielsen vs Vincent?

Jeff Nielsen was a 4/6 (-150) favourite going into the contest, while Zeb Vincent made his way into the ring at 21/20 (+100) with oddsmakers.