Law vs Hicks

Who won Law vs Hicks?

Cody Law beat Zachary Hicks by submission in the 1st round during the prelims of PFL 7, on Friday 2nd August 2024 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Law vs Hicks stats

Cody Law stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Zachary Hicks made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws and 5 by submission.

This was Cody Law's 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Zachary Hicks marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Cody Law's PFL record stood at 1-0-0, while Zachary Hicks' came in at 0-2-0.

The stats suggested Law had a massive power advantage over Hicks, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Hicks' 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Hicks had a massive advantage over Law, boasting a 63% submission rate over Law's 13%.

Cody Law was the younger man by 6 years, at 29 years old.

Law had a height advantage of 1 inch over Hicks.

Law was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2020, 6 years and 5 months later than Hicks, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 23 to Hicks' 31.

Law vs Hicks form

Law had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jefferson Pontes at Bellator 301 on 17th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Edwin Chavez at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Cris Lencioni at Bellator 289 on 9th December 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had been beaten by James Gonzalez at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had defeated James Adcock at Bellator 276 on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at The Family Arena, St. Louis.

Activity check

Law's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Law vs Hicks?

Cody Law was a 1/10 (-1000) favourite going into the contest, while Zachary Hicks made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+580) with oddsmakers.