Lins vs Nicholson

Who won Lins vs Nicholson?

Philipe Lins beat Alex Nicholson by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of PFL 2018 #4, on Thursday 19th July 2018 at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Lins vs Nicholson stats

Philipe Lins stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Alex Nicholson made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Philipe Lins' PFL record stood at 4-0-0, while Alex Nicholson's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested Nicholson had a massive power advantage over Lins, boasting a 92% knock out percentage over Lins' 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lins had a large advantage over Nicholson, boasting a 30% submission rate over Nicholson's 8%.

Philipe Lins was the older man by 4 years, at 39 years old.

Nicholson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lins. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Lins was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2005, 8 years and 5 months earlier than Nicholson, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 45 to Nicholson's 34.

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Nicholson's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 11 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 11 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Lins vs Nicholson?

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