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 4 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 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against David Michaud at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Going into that 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.

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

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.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Ferreira's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 3 months and 7 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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