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 14th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Clay Collard's PFL record stood at 7-7-0, 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 1 year, 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 57 more professional rounds, 96 to Martinez's 39.

Collard vs Martinez form

Alex Martinez had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Olivier Aubin Mercier at PFL 2022 #7 on 5th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

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Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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