Spohn vs Nielsen

Who won Spohn vs Nielsen?

Marthin Hamlet Nielsen beat Dan Spohn by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of PFL 2021 #2, on Thursday 29th April 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Spohn vs Nielsen stats

Dan Spohn stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Marthin Hamlet Nielsen made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

Dan Spohn's PFL record stood at 2-4-1, while Marthin Hamlet Nielsen's came in at 6-4-0.

The stats suggested Spohn had a slight advantage in power over Nielsen, with a 39% knock out percentage over Nielsen's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nielsen had a slight advantage over Spohn, with a 33% submission rate over Spohn's 28%.

Dan Spohn was the older man by 7 years, at 40 years old.

Spohn had a height advantage of 3 inches over Nielsen.

Spohn was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 4 months earlier than Nielsen, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 74 to Nielsen's 34.

Spohn vs Nielsen form

Nielsen had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Joshua Silveira at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Teodoras Aukstuolis 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 been beaten by Ant nio Carlos J nior at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Cezar Ferreira at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

He had been defeated by Cory Hendricks at PFL 2021 #5 on 17th June 2021 by submission in the 3rd round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

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Nielsen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Spohn vs Nielsen?

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