Palmer vs Siler

Who won Palmer vs Siler?

Lance Palmer beat Steven Siler by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main card of PFL 2018 #11, on Monday 31st December 2018 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Palmer vs Siler stats

Lance Palmer stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 8 by submission.

Steven Siler made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 17 losses and 1 draw, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 17 by submission.

Lance Palmer's PFL record stood at 12-3-0, while Steven Siler's came in at 3-4-1.

The stats suggested Siler had an advantage in power over Palmer, with a 19% knock out percentage over Palmer's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Siler had a slight advantage over Palmer, with a 53% submission rate over Palmer's 50%.

Lance Palmer was the same age as Steven Siler, at 38 years old.

Siler had a height advantage of 4 inches over Palmer. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Palmer was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 31 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 years later than Siler, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 24 less professional rounds, 87 to Siler's 111.

Palmer vs Siler 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 before this contest, he had won against Alexandre de Almeida at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 2 round contest at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Luis Rafael Laurentino at PFL 2019 #5 on 25th July 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated 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.

Before that, he was victorious against 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.

He had won 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.

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Palmer's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 8 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

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