Kolesnyk vs Melo

Who won Kolesnyk vs Melo?

Helena Kolesnyk beat Vanessa Melo by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2022 #6, on Friday 1st July 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Helena Kolesnyk.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Kolesnyk vs Melo division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Kolesnyk vs Melo stats

Helena Kolesnyk stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Vanessa Melo made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws and 2 by submission.

Helena Kolesnyk's PFL record stood at 4-4-0, while Vanessa Melo's came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Kolesnyk had a massive power advantage over Melo, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Melo's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Kolesnyk had an advantage over Melo, with a 33% submission rate over Melo's 18%.

Helena Kolesnyk was the younger man by 2 years, at 34 years old.

Kolesnyk had a height advantage of 3 inches over Melo.

Kolesnyk was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 1 month later than Melo, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 27 less professional rounds, 30 to Melo's 57.

Kolesnyk vs Melo form

Helena Kolesnyk had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Yoko Higashi at PFL 5 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Aspen Ladd at PFL 2 on 7th April 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Larissa Pacheco at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Vanessa Melo at PFL 2022 #6 on 1st July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He was victorious against Abigail Montes at PFL 2022 #3 on 6th May 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Activity check

Kolesnyk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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