Primus vs Cenci

Who won Primus vs Cenci?

Brent Primus beat Vinicius Cenci by submission in the 3rd round during the prelims of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Friday 18th April 2025 at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Primus vs Cenci stats

Brent Primus stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Vinicius Cenci made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Brent Primus' 5th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Vinicius Cenci marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Brent Primus' PFL record stood at 4-1-0, while Vinicius Cenci's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Cenci had a slight advantage in power over Primus, with a 20% knock out percentage over Primus' 13%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cenci had an advantage over Primus, with a 70% submission rate over Primus' 53%.

Brent Primus was the older man by 11 years, at 40 years old.

Cenci had a height advantage of 3 inches over Primus. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Primus was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 2 months earlier than Cenci, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 29 more professional rounds, 51 to Cenci's 22.

Primus vs Cenci form

Brent Primus had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Gadzhi Rabadanov at PFL 2024 Championships on 29th November 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at The Mayadeen, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous to that, he had won against Clay Collard at PFL 8: 2024 Playoffs on 16th August 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Solomon Renfro at PFL 5: 2024 Regular Season on 21st June 2024 by submission in the 3rd round at Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had defeated Bruno Miranda at PFL 2: 2024 Regular Season on 12th April 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Activity check

Primus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 7 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What time did Primus vs Cenci start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 9:20 PM UTC , which was 5:20 PM EST or 2:20 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:20 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Primus vs Cenci?

Brent Primus was a 1/7 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Vinicius Cenci made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+410) with oddsmakers.