Schulte vs Held

Who won Schulte vs Held?

Marcin Held beat Natan Schulte by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL 2021 #1, on Friday 23rd April 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marcin Held.

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).

Schulte vs Held stats

Natan Schulte stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Marcin Held made his way to the cage with a record of 26 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

Marcin Held marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Natan Schulte's PFL record stood at 14-2-1, while Marcin Held's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Schulte had a slight advantage in power over Held, with a 20% knock out percentage over Held's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Held had a slight advantage over Schulte, with a 54% submission rate over Schulte's 45%.

Natan Schulte was the same age as Marcin Held, at 33 years old.

Schulte had a height advantage of 1 inch over Held. Despite this, Held had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Schulte was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 2 months later than Held, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 75 to Held's 86.

Schulte vs Held form

Natan Schulte had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Loik Radzhabov at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Akhmet Aliev at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Rashid Magomedov 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 Chris Wade at PFL 2018 #9 on 13th October 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California.

He had drawn with Johnny Case at PFL 2018 #9 on 13th October 2018 by majority draw in their 2 round contest at Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach.

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Schulte's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 6 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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