Zurcher vs Evans

Who won Zurcher vs Evans?

Brahyan Zurcher beat David Evans by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of PFL Challenger Series 2023 – Week 6, on Friday 3rd March 2023 at Universal Studios in Orlando.

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).

Zurcher vs Evans stats

Brahyan Zurcher stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 4 wins, zero losses and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

David Evans made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Brahyan Zurcher's 5th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Brahyan Zurcher's PFL record stood at 5-0-0, while David Evans' came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Evans had an advantage in power over Zurcher, with a 20% knock out percentage over Zurcher's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Zurcher had a slight advantage over Evans, with a 50% submission rate over Evans' 40%.

Brahyan Zurcher was the younger man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Zurcher was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 1 year and 10 months later than Evans, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 5 more professional rounds, 17 to Evans' 12.

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Zurcher's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Zurcher vs Evans?

Brahyan Zurcher was a 23/20 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while David Evans made his way into the ring at 4/6 (-150) with oddsmakers.