Schulte vs Martinez

Who won Schulte vs Martinez?

Natan Schulte beat Alex Martinez by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2021 #4, on Thursday 10th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Natan Schulte.

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 Martinez 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.

Alex Martinez made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

Natan Schulte's PFL record stood at 14-2-1, while Alex Martinez's came in at 3-5-0.

The stats suggested Martinez had a slight advantage in power over Schulte, with a 29% knock out percentage over Schulte's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Martinez had an advantage over Schulte, with a 57% submission rate over Schulte's 45%.

Natan Schulte was the older man by 2 years, at 33 years old.

Schulte was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 17 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 4 years and 11 months earlier than Martinez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 75 to Martinez's 39.

Schulte vs Martinez form

Natan Schulte had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Olivier Aubin Mercier at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Alex Martinez at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Marcin Held at PFL 2021 #1 on 23rd April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Before that, he had beaten 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.

He had defeated Akhmet Aliev at PFL 2019 #8 on 17th October 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Schulte's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Martinez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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