Schulte vs Aubin-Mercier

Who won Schulte vs Aubin-Mercier?

Olivier Aubin Mercier beat Natan Schulte by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2022 #1, on Wednesday 20th April 2022 at Esports Stadium Arlington in Arlington.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Olivier Aubin Mercier.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Schulte vs Aubin-Mercier stats

Natan Schulte stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Olivier Aubin Mercier made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Natan Schulte's PFL record stood at 14-2-1, while Olivier Aubin Mercier's came in at 10-0-0.

The stats suggested Schulte had an advantage in power over Mercier, with a 20% knock out percentage over Mercier's 8%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mercier had an advantage over Schulte, with a 62% submission rate over Schulte's 45%.

Natan Schulte was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Schulte had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mercier. Despite this, Mercier had 1-inch reach advantage.

Schulte was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 month later than Mercier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 75 to Mercier's 66.

Schulte vs Aubin-Mercier form

Natan Schulte had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Alex Martinez at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marcin Held at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Loik Radzhabov 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.

Before that, he had defeated Akhmet Aliev at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Rashid Magomedov 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.

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Schulte's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Mercier's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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