III vs Cooper

Who won III vs Cooper?

Ray Cooper beat Brett Cooper by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 2022 #6, on Friday 1st July 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

III vs Cooper stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 24 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, 15 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Brett Cooper made his way to the cage with a record of 28 wins, 16 losses and 0 draws, 18 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Ray Cooper's 19th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Ray Cooper's PFL record stood at 12-6-1, while Brett Cooper's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a slight advantage in power over Cooper, with a 64% knock out percentage over Cooper's 63%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a large advantage over Cooper, boasting a 29% submission rate over Cooper's 7%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 5 years, at 32 years old.

Cooper had a height advantage of 5 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 years and 8 months later than Cooper, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 31 less professional rounds, 60 to Cooper's 91.

III vs Cooper form

Cooper had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against David Michaud at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to John Howard at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had defeated Zane Kamaka at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

He had been beaten by Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Cooper's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

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