Palmer vs Gilpin

Who won Palmer vs Gilpin?

Lance Palmer beat Alex Gilpin by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2019 #2, on Thursday 23rd May 2019 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Palmer vs Gilpin stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 8 by submission.

Alex Gilpin made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Alex Gilpin's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Gilpin had a large advantage in power over Palmer, boasting a 25% knock out percentage over Palmer's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gilpin had a slight advantage over Palmer, with a 50% submission rate over Palmer's 47%.

Lance Palmer was the older man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Gilpin had a height advantage of 1 inch over Palmer. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Palmer was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Gilpin, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 43 more professional rounds, 87 to Gilpin's 44.

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Palmer's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Palmer vs Gilpin?

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