III vs Shields

Who won III vs Shields?

Ray Cooper beat Jake Shields by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL 2018 #10, on Saturday 20th October 2018 at Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington D.C..

The fight was scheduled to take place over 2 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

III vs Shields stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Jake Shields made his way to the cage with a record of 33 wins, 10 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 12 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 Jake Shields' came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a massive power advantage over Shields, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Shields' 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shields had a slight advantage over Cooper, with a 36% submission rate over Cooper's 33%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 14 years, at 32 years old.

Shields 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 24 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 12 years and 8 months later than Shields, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 49 less professional rounds, 60 to Shields' 109.

III vs Shields form

Cooper had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Shields' last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 9 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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