III vs Shields

Who won III vs Shields?

Ray Cooper beat Jake Shields by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of PFL 2018 #3, on Thursday 5th July 2018 at GWU Smith Center in Washington D.C..

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 Shields stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 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 32 wins, 9 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 62% knock out percentage over Shields' 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Cooper and Shields would have been pretty equal, both with a 38% submission rate.

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 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.

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