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
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 won against 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 had beaten 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 defeated 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
Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 23 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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