Ray vs Aubin-Mercier

Who won Ray vs Aubin-Mercier?

Olivier Aubin Mercier beat Stevie Ray by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship, on Friday 25th November 2022 at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Ray vs Aubin-Mercier stats

Stevie Ray stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 6 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 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Stevie Ray's 7th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Stevie Ray's PFL record stood at 3-4-0, while Olivier Aubin Mercier's came in at 10-0-0.

The stats suggested Ray had an advantage in power over Mercier, with a 25% knock out percentage over Mercier's 7%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mercier had an advantage over Ray, with a 53% submission rate over Ray's 38%.

Stevie Ray was the younger man by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Ray had a height advantage of 1 inch over Mercier. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Ray was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Mercier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 82 to Mercier's 66.

Ray vs Aubin-Mercier form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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.

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Ray's last 3 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 8 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 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.

What were the odds on Ray vs Aubin-Mercier?

Stevie Ray was a 3/1 (+350) underdog going into the contest, while Olivier Aubin Mercier made his way into the ring at 6/25 (-480) with oddsmakers.