III vs Ferreira

Who won III vs Ferreira?

Ray Cooper beat Handesson Ferreira by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of PFL 2018 #10, on Saturday 20th October 2018 at Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington D.C..

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 Ferreira stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Handesson Ferreira made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 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 Handesson Ferreira's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had an advantage in power over Ferreira, with a 67% knock out percentage over Ferreira's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a large advantage over Ferreira, boasting a 33% submission rate over Ferreira's 8%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Ferreira had a height advantage of 5 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 months earlier than Ferreira, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 21 more professional rounds, 60 to Ferreira's 39.

III vs Ferreira form

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

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Carlos Leal at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rory MacDonald at PFL 2021 #7 on 13th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Before that, he had defeated Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He was victorious against Jason Ponet at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Ferreira's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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