Pettis vs Collard

Who won Pettis vs Collard?

Clay Collard beat Anthony Pettis by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2021 #1, on Friday 23rd April 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Clay Collard.

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).

Pettis vs Collard stats

Anthony Pettis stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 10 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Clay Collard made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Clay Collard marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Anthony Pettis' PFL record stood at 1-3-0, while Clay Collard's came in at 7-7-0.

The stats suggested Collard had a slight advantage in power over Pettis, with a 56% knock out percentage over Pettis' 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pettis had an advantage over Collard, with a 29% submission rate over Collard's 17%.

Anthony Pettis was the older man by 6 years, at 38 years old.

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

Pettis was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in , 14 years and 3 months earlier than Collard, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 85 to Collard's 96.

Pettis vs Collard form

Anthony Pettis had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Clay Collard at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Diego Ferreira at UFC 246 on 18th January 2020 by submission in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Nate Diaz at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

Before that, he had won against Stephen Thompson at UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville.

He had lost to Tony Ferguson at UFC 229 on 6th October 2018 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pettis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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