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 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Carlos Leal at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Rory MacDonald 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 defeated Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He was victorious against Jason Ponet at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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