Primus vs Collard

Who won Primus vs Collard?

Brent Primus beat Clay Collard by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 8, on Friday 16th August 2024 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Brent Primus.

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).

Primus vs Collard stats

Brent Primus stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Clay Collard made his way to the cage with a record of 25 wins, 13 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

This was Brent Primus' 3rd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Clay Collard marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Brent Primus' PFL record stood at 3-0-0, while Clay Collard's came in at 7-6-0.

The stats suggested Collard had a massive power advantage over Primus, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Primus' 14%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Primus had a massive advantage over Collard, boasting a 57% submission rate over Collard's 12%.

Brent Primus was the older man by 8 years, at 39 years old.

Collard had a height advantage of 1 inch over Primus. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Primus was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 21 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 months earlier than Collard, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 50 less professional rounds, 45 to Collard's 95.

Primus vs Collard form

Brent Primus had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Benson Henderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Islam Mamedov at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Chris Bungard at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Before that, he had defeated Tim Wilde at Bellator Birmingham on 4th May 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

He had been beaten by Michael Chandler at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Activity check

Primus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What time did Primus vs Collard start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 1:40 AM UTC , which was 9:40 PM EST or 6:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Primus vs Collard?

Brent Primus was a 8/15 (-190) favourite going into the contest, while Clay Collard made his way into the ring at 6/4 (+150) with oddsmakers.