III vs Kusch

Who won III vs Kusch?

Ray Cooper beat Pavel Kusch by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of PFL 2018 #6, on Thursday 16th August 2018 at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City.

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 Kusch stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Pavel Kusch made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 20 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 Pavel Kusch's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Kusch, boasting a 64% knock out percentage over Kusch's 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kusch had a massive advantage over Cooper, boasting a 87% submission rate over Cooper's 36%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Kusch had a height advantage of 5 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years later than Kusch, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 60 to Kusch's 41.

III vs Kusch form

Cooper had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Brett Cooper at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated 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.

He was victorious against Nikolay Aleksakhin at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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