Primus vs Renfro

Who won Primus vs Renfro?

Brent Primus beat Solomon Renfro by submission in the 3rd round during the prelims of PFL 5, on Friday 21st June 2024 at Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City.

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 Renfro stats

Brent Primus stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Solomon Renfro made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Brent Primus' 3rd fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Solomon Renfro marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Brent Primus' PFL record stood at 3-0-0, while Solomon Renfro's came in at 1-3-0.

The stats suggested Renfro had a large advantage in power over Primus, boasting a 36% knock out percentage over Primus' 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Primus had a massive advantage over Renfro, boasting a 54% submission rate over Renfro's 9%.

Brent Primus was the older man by 12 years, at 39 years old.

Primus had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Primus' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Renfro's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2010, 13 years and 11 months later than Renfro, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 7 more professional rounds, 45 to Renfro's 38.

Primus vs Renfro form

Brent Primus had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Bruno Miranda at PFL 2: 2024 Regular Season on 12th April 2024 by submission in the 2nd round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Usman Nurmagomedov at Bellator 300 on 7th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mansour Barnaoui at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had been beaten by Alexander Shabliy at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

He had defeated Benson Henderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Activity check

Primus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

Renfro's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

What time did Primus vs Renfro start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:00 PM UTC , which was 7:00 PM EST or 4:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Primus vs Renfro?

Brent Primus was a 13/25 (-180) favourite going into the contest, while Solomon Renfro made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+120) with oddsmakers.