Nemkov vs Cleveland

Who won Nemkov vs Cleveland?

Viktor Nemkov beat Rakim Cleveland by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2019 #3, on Thursday 6th June 2019 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Viktor Nemkov.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Nemkov vs Cleveland stats

Viktor Nemkov stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 13 by submission.

Rakim Cleveland made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Viktor Nemkov's PFL record stood at 2-0-1, while Rakim Cleveland's came in at 1-4-0.

The stats suggested Cleveland had a massive power advantage over Nemkov, boasting a 63% knock out percentage over Nemkov's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nemkov had an advantage over Cleveland, with a 46% submission rate over Cleveland's 26%.

Viktor Nemkov was the older man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Cleveland had a height advantage of 2 inches over Nemkov. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Nemkov was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 2 years and 8 months earlier than Cleveland, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 3 more professional rounds, 81 to Cleveland's 78.

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Cleveland's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 4 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

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