III vs Michaud

Who won III vs Michaud?

Ray Cooper beat David Michaud by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of PFL 2019 #10, on Tuesday 31st December 2019 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

III vs Michaud stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

David Michaud made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 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 David Michaud's came in at 3-2-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had an advantage in power over Michaud, with a 68% knock out percentage over Michaud's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a slight advantage over Michaud, with a 32% submission rate over Michaud's 28%.

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

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

Cooper was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 2 months later than Michaud, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 60 to Michaud's 46.

III vs Michaud 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 Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, 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.

He had defeated Handesson Ferreira at PFL 2018 #10 on 20th October 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington D.C..

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Michaud's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 1 month and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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