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' 6th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Vinicius Cenci marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Brent Primus' PFL record stood at 4-2-0, while Vinicius Cenci's came in at 1-1-0.

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 31 more professional rounds, 54 to Cenci's 23.

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Primus' last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 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.