Schulte vs Martinez

Who won Schulte vs Martinez?

Natan Schulte beat Alex Martinez by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2021 #4, on Thursday 10th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Natan Schulte.

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 Martinez 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.

Alex Martinez made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Natan Schulte's PFL record stood at 14-2-1, while Alex Martinez's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Martinez had a slight advantage in power over Schulte, with a 29% knock out percentage over Schulte's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martinez had an advantage over Schulte, with a 57% submission rate over Schulte's 45%.

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

Schulte was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Martinez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 75 to Martinez's 39.

Schulte vs Martinez form

Natan Schulte had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against 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.

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

Before that, he had defeated 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.

He was victorious against Chris Wade at PFL 2018 #9 on 13th October 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California.

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Schulte's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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