Schulte vs Stephens

Who won Schulte vs Stephens?

Natan Schulte beat Jeremy Stephens by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship, on Friday 25th November 2022 at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden in New York.

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 Stephens stats

Natan Schulte stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 9 by submission.

Jeremy Stephens made his way to the cage with a record of 29 wins, 20 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

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

The stats suggested Stephens had a massive power advantage over Schulte, boasting a 66% knock out percentage over Schulte's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Schulte had a massive advantage over Stephens, boasting a 41% submission rate over Stephens' 7%.

Natan Schulte was the younger man by 5 years, at 33 years old.

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

Schulte was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 6 years and 11 months later than Stephens, whose first professional fight was in 2005. He had fought 38 less professional rounds, 75 to Stephens' 113.

Schulte vs Stephens form

Natan Schulte had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Marcin Held at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

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

Before that, 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.

He had defeated 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.

Jeremy Stephens had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Myles Price at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Clay Collard at PFL 2022 #1 on 20th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Mateusz Gamrot at UFC Vegas 31 on 17th July 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Calvin Kattar at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

He had been defeated by Yair Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Natan Schulte had been fighting more than Jeremy Stephens.

Going to this contest, Natan Schulte had last fought 2 years, 8 months and 24 days ago, while Jeremy Stephens' last outing had been 2 years, 8 months and 24 days ago.

Schulte's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Stephens' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Schulte vs Stephens?

Natan Schulte was a 7/100 (-1400) favourite going into the contest, while Jeremy Stephens made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.