Shields vs Montes

Who won Shields vs Montes?

Abigail Montes beat Claressa Shields by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2021 #10, on Wednesday 27th October 2021 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Abigail Montes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Shields vs Montes division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Shields vs Montes stats

Claressa Shields stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Abigail Montes made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 2 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out.

Claressa Shields' PFL record stood at 2-1-0, while Abigail Montes' came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Montes had a massive power advantage over Shields, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Shields' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Shields and Montes would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Claressa Shields was the older man by 5 years, at 29 years old.

Shields had a height advantage of 4 inches over Montes. Despite this, Montes had 1-inch reach advantage.

Shields was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 4 years and 6 months earlier than Montes, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 9 to Montes' 17.

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Montes' last 3 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Shields vs Montes?

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