Palmer vs Khaybulaev

Who won Palmer vs Khaybulaev?

Movlid Khaybulaev beat Lance Palmer by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2021 #6, on Friday 25th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Movlid Khaybulaev.

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 Khaybulaev stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Movlid Khaybulaev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 15 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Movlid Khaybulaev's came in at 7-0-1.

The stats suggested Khaybulaev had a massive power advantage over Palmer, boasting a 40% knock out percentage over Palmer's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Palmer had a large advantage over Khaybulaev, boasting a 36% submission rate over Khaybulaev's 13%.

Lance Palmer was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Khaybulaev had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Palmer was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 months earlier than Khaybulaev, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 87 to Khaybulaev's 51.

Palmer vs Khaybulaev form

Palmer had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Bubba Jenkins 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 Alex Gilpin 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 Alexandre de Almeida at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Luis Rafael Laurentino at PFL 2019 #5 on 25th July 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He was victorious against Alex Gilpin at PFL 2019 #2 on 23rd May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Khaybulaev remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Tyler Diamond at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Ryoji Kudo at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Chris Wade at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

He had won against Lance Palmer at PFL 2021 #6 on 25th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Movlid Khaybulaev had been fighting more than Lance Palmer.

Going to this contest, Lance Palmer had last fought 3 years, 10 months and 18 days ago, while Movlid Khaybulaev's last outing had been 1 year, 9 months and 5 days ago.

Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Khaybulaev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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