Held vs Aubin-Mercier

Who won Held vs Aubin-Mercier?

Olivier Aubin Mercier beat Marcin Held by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2021 #4, on Thursday 10th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Olivier Aubin Mercier.

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).

Held vs Aubin-Mercier stats

Marcin Held stepped into the octagon with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 14 by submission.

Olivier Aubin Mercier made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Marcin Held's 4th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Marcin Held's PFL record stood at 2-2-0, while Olivier Aubin Mercier's came in at 10-0-0.

The stats suggested Held had a slight advantage in power over Mercier, with a 15% knock out percentage over Mercier's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Mercier had an advantage over Held, with a 73% submission rate over Held's 54%.

Marcin Held was the younger man by 3 years, at 33 years old.

Held had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Held was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 3 years earlier than Mercier, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 20 more professional rounds, 86 to Mercier's 66.

Held vs Aubin-Mercier form

Olivier Aubin Mercier had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Raush Manfio at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had defeated Darrell Horcher 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 was victorious against Marcin Held at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had lost to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 240 on 27th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

Held's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 3 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 1 month and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Mercier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month 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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