III vs Kamaka

Who won III vs Kamaka?

Ray Cooper beat Zane Kamaka by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 2019 #1, on Thursday 9th May 2019 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

III vs Kamaka stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Zane Kamaka made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Ray Cooper's 19th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Ray Cooper's PFL record stood at 12-6-1, while Zane Kamaka's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Kamaka, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Kamaka's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kamaka had a slight advantage over Cooper, with a 31% submission rate over Cooper's 29%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Kamaka had a height advantage of 6 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 1 month later than Kamaka, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 60 to Kamaka's 32.

III vs Kamaka form

Cooper had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to John Howard at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Zane Kamaka at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he had beaten Handesson Ferreira at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

He had defeated Jake Shields at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Entertainment and Sports Arena.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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