III vs Aleksakhin

Who won III vs Aleksakhin?

Ray Cooper beat Nikolay Aleksakhin by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of PFL 2021 #5, on Thursday 17th June 2021 at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Ray Cooper.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 170 pounds (12.1 stone or 77.1 KG).

III vs Aleksakhin stats

Ray Cooper stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Nikolay Aleksakhin made his way to the cage with a record of 24 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Ray Cooper's 19th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2018.

Ray Cooper's PFL record stood at 12-6-1, while Nikolay Aleksakhin's came in at 1-2-0.

The stats suggested Cooper had a large advantage in power over Aleksakhin, boasting a 70% knock out percentage over Aleksakhin's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Cooper had a large advantage over Aleksakhin, boasting a 30% submission rate over Aleksakhin's 8%.

Ray Cooper was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Aleksakhin had a height advantage of 3 inches over Cooper. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Cooper was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 1 year and 1 month later than Aleksakhin, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 60 to Aleksakhin's 71.

III vs Aleksakhin form

Cooper had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jason Ponet at PFL 2021 #2 on 29th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten David Michaud at PFL 2019 #10 on 31st December 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Chris Curtis at PFL 2019 #7 on 11th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to John Howard at PFL 2019 #4 on 11th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

He was victorious against Zane Kamaka at PFL 2019 #1 on 9th May 2019 by submission in the 2nd round at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Long Island.

Activity check

Cooper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Aleksakhin's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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