Brooks vs Watley

Who won Brooks vs Watley?

Will Brooks beat Robert Watley by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2018 #5, on Thursday 2nd August 2018 at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Will Brooks.

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).

Brooks vs Watley stats

Will Brooks stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Robert Watley made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Will Brooks' PFL record stood at 2-0-1, while Robert Watley's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Watley had an advantage in power over Brooks, with a 45% knock out percentage over Brooks' 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brooks had an advantage over Watley, with a 21% submission rate over Watley's 9%.

Will Brooks was the older man by 3 years, at 38 years old.

Brooks had a height advantage of 1 inch over Watley. Despite this, Watley had a 3-inch reach advantage.

Brooks was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 4 months earlier than Watley, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 68 to Watley's 43.

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Brooks' last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 4 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Brooks vs Watley?

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