Palmer vs Gilpin

Who won Palmer vs Gilpin?

Lance Palmer beat Alex Gilpin by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of PFL 2019 #10, on Tuesday 31st December 2019 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 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 21 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Alex Gilpin made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 3 of those wins by knock out and 8 by submission.

The stats suggested Gilpin had an advantage in power over Palmer, with a 21% knock out percentage over Palmer's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Gilpin had an advantage over Palmer, with a 57% submission rate over Palmer's 38%.

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.

Palmer vs Gilpin form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Alexandre de Almeida at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beat 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.

Before that, 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.

He had won 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.

Activity check

Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Gilpin's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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