Palmer vs Moraes

Who won Palmer vs Moraes?

Lance Palmer beat Sheymon Moraes by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2022 #5, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Lance Palmer.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Palmer vs Moraes stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Sheymon Moraes made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Sheymon Moraes' came in at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Moraes had a massive power advantage over Palmer, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Palmer's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Palmer had a large advantage over Moraes, boasting a 36% submission rate over Moraes' 7%.

Lance Palmer was the older man by 4 years, at 38 years old.

Moraes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Palmer. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Palmer was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 9 months earlier than Moraes, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 37 more professional rounds, 87 to Moraes' 50.

Palmer vs Moraes form

Palmer had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Luis Rafael Laurentino at PFL 2019 #5 on 25th July 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Alex Gilpin at PFL 2019 #2 on 23rd May 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Steven Siler at PFL 2018 #11 on 31st December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Before that, he was victorious against Andre Harrison at PFL 2018 #8 on 5th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans.

He had won against Tuerxun Jumabieke at PFL 2018 #4 on 19th July 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.

Moraes had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Boston Salmon at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Lazar Stojadinovic at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Jesse Stirn at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had lost to Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He had been beaten by Sodiq Yusuff at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Sheymon Moraes had been fighting more than Lance Palmer.

Going to this contest, Lance Palmer had last fought 5 years, 11 months and 2 days ago, while Sheymon Moraes' last outing had been 3 years, 1 month and 30 days ago.

Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Moraes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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