Palmer vs Moraes

Who won Palmer vs Moraes?

Lance Palmer beat Sheymon Moraes by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2022 #5, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

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 Moraes stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Sheymon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Sheymon Moraes' came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a massive power advantage over Palmer, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Palmer's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Palmer had a large advantage over Moraes, boasting a 36% submission rate over Moraes' 7%.

Lance Palmer was the older man by 4 years, at 37 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Palmer. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Palmer was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 9 months earlier than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 37 more professional rounds, 87 to Moraes' 50.

Palmer vs Moraes form

Lance Palmer had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Chris Wade at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Movlid Khaybulaev at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Bubba Jenkins at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had won against Alex Gilpin at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had beaten 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.

Moraes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Boston Salmon at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Lazar Stojadinovic at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jesse Stirn at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had lost to Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had been beaten by Sodiq Yusuff at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Lance Palmer had been fighting more than Sheymon Moraes.

Going to this contest, Lance Palmer had last fought 1 year, 11 months and 27 days ago, while Sheymon Moraes' last outing had been 1 year, 11 months and 27 days ago.

Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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