Leal vs Kuppe

Who won Leal vs Kuppe?

Carlos Leal beat Korey Kuppe by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of PFL Challenger Series 2, on Friday 25th February 2022 in Orlando.

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).

Leal vs Kuppe stats

Carlos Leal stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Korey Kuppe made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Carlos Leal's 7th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022.

Carlos Leal's PFL record stood at 5-2-0, while Korey Kuppe's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Kuppe had an advantage in power over Leal, with a 13% knock out percentage over Leal's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kuppe had a massive advantage over Leal, boasting a 88% submission rate over Leal's 0%.

Carlos Leal was the younger man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Kuppe had a height advantage of 6 inches over Leal.

Leal was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 11 years and 3 months earlier than Kuppe, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 30 more professional rounds, 56 to Kuppe's 26.

Leal vs Kuppe form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Dilano Taylor at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten David Zawada at PFL 3 on 14th April 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Sadibou Sy at PFL 2022 #8 on 13th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Ray Cooper at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

He was victorious against Chris Brown at PFL Challenger Series 8 on 8th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Universal Studios, Orlando.

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Leal's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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