Collard vs Martinez

Who won Collard vs Martinez?

Alex Martinez beat Clay Collard by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 2022 #4, on Friday 17th June 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Alex Martinez.

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).

Collard vs Martinez stats

Clay Collard stepped into the octagon with a record of 21 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alex Martinez made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Clay Collard's 13th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Clay Collard's PFL record stood at 7-6-0, while Alex Martinez's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Collard had a large advantage in power over Martinez, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Martinez's 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martinez had a large advantage over Collard, boasting a 44% submission rate over Collard's 14%.

Clay Collard was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Collard had a height advantage of 1 inch over Martinez.

Collard was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Martinez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 56 more professional rounds, 95 to Martinez's 39.

Collard vs Martinez form

Collard 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 won against Shane Burgos at 2023 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Lightweights on 23rd August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Stevie Ray at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Yamato Nishikawa at PFL 3 on 14th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Alex Martinez at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

He was victorious against Jeremy Stephens at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Alex Martinez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Clay Collard at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Stevie Ray at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Loik Radzhabov 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 been defeated by Natan Schulte at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had defeated Loik Radzhabov at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Clay Collard had been fighting more than Alex Martinez.

Going to this contest, Clay Collard had last fought 1 year, 7 months and 7 days ago, while Alex Martinez's last outing had been 2 years, 9 months and 13 days ago.

Collard's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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