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 33 years old.

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

Olivier Aubin Mercier had beaten 5 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Alex Martinez at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Raush Manfio at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Natan Schulte at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he was victorious against Darrell Horcher at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

He had won against Marcin Held at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th 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, Olivier Aubin Mercier had been fighting more than Natan Schulte.

Going to this contest, Natan Schulte had last fought 4 years, 1 month and 7 days ago, while Olivier Aubin Mercier's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 12 days ago.

Schulte's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Mercier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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