III vs Kamaka

Who won III vs Kamaka?

Ray Cooper beat Zane Kamaka by submission in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 2019 #1, on Thursday 9th May 2019 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island.

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 Kamaka stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Zane Kamaka made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 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 Zane Kamaka's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Kamaka, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Kamaka's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kamaka had a slight advantage over Cooper, with a 31% submission rate over Cooper's 29%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Kamaka had a height advantage of 6 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 1 month later than Kamaka, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 28 more professional rounds, 60 to Kamaka's 32.

III vs Kamaka 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 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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