Palmer vs Almeida

Who won Palmer vs Almeida?

Lance Palmer beat Alexandre de Almeida by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest during the main card of PFL 2019 #8, on Thursday 17th October 2019 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lance Palmer.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 2 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Palmer vs Almeida stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Alexandre de Almeida made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Alexandre de Almeida's came in at 3-3-0.

The stats suggested Almeida had a slight advantage in power over Palmer, with a 10% knock out percentage over Palmer's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Almeida had a large advantage over Palmer, boasting a 67% submission rate over Palmer's 42%.

Lance Palmer was the older man by 2 years, at 37 years old.

Almeida had a height advantage of 5 inches over Palmer. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Palmer was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years later than Almeida, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 87 to Almeida's 59.

Palmer vs Almeida form

Palmer had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Luis Rafael Laurentino at PFL 2019 #5 on 25th July 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Alex Gilpin at PFL 2019 #2 on 23rd May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Steven Siler at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he was victorious against Andre Harrison at PFL 2018 #8 on 5th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans.

He had won against Tuerxun Jumabieke at PFL 2018 #4 on 19th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Almeida's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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