OFFICIAL LEAGUE STATS 2018 SEASON INDEX 01 | CHAMPIONSHIP STATS AND RESULTS ......................................... 3 2018 PFL WORLD CHAMPIONS .......................................................................... 3 2018 PFL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS................................................................... 3 2018 PFL CHAMPIONSHIP SUPERLATIVES .......................................................... 4 SEEDS - CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES ........................................................... 4 SEEDS - CHAMPIONSHIPS WON ........................................................................ 4 02 | LEAGUE STATS ......................................................................... 5 STOPPAGE PERCENTAGE ................................................................................... 5 STOPPAGE BREAKDOWN ................................................................................... 5 FIGHTING TWICE IN ONE NIGHT ........................................................................ 5 FIGHT SCHEDULING - SUCCESS RATE ................................................................ 5 NATIONS REPRESENTED ................................................................................... 5 03 | CAGENOMICS .......................................................................... 6 SINGLE FIGHT LEADERS ................................................................................... 6 SEASON LEADERS ........................................................................................... 9 04 | OFFICIAL LEAGUE RESULTS ....................................................... 12 REGULAR SEASON ............................................................................................ 12 PLAYOFFS ....................................................................................................... 19 01 CHAMPIONSHIP STATS AND RESULTS 2018 PFL WORLD CHAMPIONS LANCE PALMER NATAN SCHULTE MAGOMED MAGOMEDKERIMOV LOUIS TAYLOR SEAN O’CONNELL PHILIPE LINS FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION DIVISION FIGHTER NATION SEED AGE PFL RECORD CAREER RECORD Featherweight Lance Palmer USA #2 30 5-0-0 17-3-0 Lightweight Natan Schulte BRA #1 26 4-0-1 15-3-1 Welterweight Magomed Magomedkerimov RUS #3 28 5-0-0 23-5-0 Middleweight Louis Taylor USA #2 39 4-0-1 18-4-1 Light Heavyweight Sean O’Connell USA #6 35 4-1-0 21-10-0 Heavyweight Philipe Lins BRA #3 33 4-0-0 14-3-0 2018 PFL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS CHAMPIONSHIP LOSER WELTERWEIGHT - 5 ROUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER LIGHTWEIGHT - 5 ROUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP LOSER 2ND ROUND SUBMISSION UNANIMOUS DECISION (2:38) Ray Cooper III Magomed Magomedkerimov Natan Schulte Rashid Magomedov VIEW CAGENOMICS VIEW CAGENOMICS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER HEAVYWEIGHT - 5 ROUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP LOSER CHAMPIONSHIP LOSER FEATHERWEIGHT - 5 ROUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 4TH ROUND TKO UNANIMOUS DECISION (0:30) Philipe Lins Josh Copeland Steven Siler Lance Palmer VIEW CAGENOMICS VIEW CAGENOMICS CHAMPIONSHIP LOSER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT - 5 ROUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER CHAMPIONSHIP LOSER MIDDLEWEIGHT - 5 ROUNDS CHAMPIONSHIP WINNER 3RD ROUND TKO 1ST ROUND KO (5:00) (0:33) Vinny Magalhaes Sean O’Connell Abus Magomedov Louis Taylor VIEW CAGENOMICS VIEW CAGENOMICS 3 2018 PFL CHAMPIONSHIP SUPERLATIVES YOUNGEST CHAMPION LOWEST SEED TO WIN A TITLE Natan Schulte (BRA - Lightweight) - 26 years old Sean O’Connell (USA – Light Heavyweight) - #6 seed OLDEST CHAMPION PERFECT SEASONS Louis Taylor (USA - Middleweight) - 39 years old Lance Palmer (USA – Featherweight) – 5-0-0 Magomed Magomedkerimov (RUS – Welterweight) – 5-0-0 HIGHEST SEED TO WIN A TITLE Philipe Lins (BRA – Heavyweight) – 4-0-0 Natan Schulte (BRA – Lightweight) - #1 seed SEEDS - CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES SEED COUNT #1 5 -75% of Championship finalists finished in the top-3 in their division after the regular season #2 2 #3 2 -5 of 6 #1 seeds made the Championship final #4 0 #5 0 -Lowest seed to make the Championship final: #8, Josh Copeland (Heavyweight) #6 1 #7 1 #8 1 SEEDS - CHAMPIONSHIPS WON SEED COUNT #1 1 #2 2 -5 of 6 Champions finished in the top-3 in their division after the regular season #3 2 #4 0 -4 of the 5 #1 seeds to make the Championship lost in the Final #5 0 (only #1 seed to win: Natan Schulte – LW) #6 1 #7 0 #8 0 4 02 LEAGUE STATS STOPPAGE PERCENTAGE STOPPAGE BREAKDOWN INCLUDES REGULAR SEASON, PLAYOFFS, AND CHAMPIONSHIP % OF REGULAR SEASON FIGHTS THAT ENDED IN STOPPAGE 41 KNOCKOUTS 21 SUBMISSIONS DIVISION PERCENTAGE Light Heavyweight 92% SUBMISSION TYPE COUNT Heavyweight 73% Rear-Naked Choke 10 Welterweight 69% Guillotine Choke 6 Featherweight 58% Arm-Triangle Choke 1 Middleweight 42% Triangle Choke 1 Lightweight 40% Flying Triangle Kimura 1 OVERALL 63% Kimura 1 Armbar 1 FIGHTING TWICE IN ONE NIGHT PFL’S UNIQUE PLAYOFF FORMAT AVERAGE TURNAROUND TIME FOR A FIGHTER Fighters had to earn a place in the final by fighting BETWEEN QUARTERFINAL AND SEMIFINAL FIGHTS twice in one night, in the quarterfinals and semifinals. 2 hours and 21 minutes FIGHT SCHEDULING - SUCCESS RATE # OF PFL LEAGUE FIGHTS THAT # OF FIGHTS LOST TO % OF FIGHTS THAT 116 TOOK PLACE THIS SEASON 07 DUE INJURY/SUSPENSION 94 TOOK PLACE AS SCHEDULED NATIONS REPRESENTED NATIONS REPRESENTED 14 THIS SEASON 5 03 CAGENOMICS SINGLE FIGHT LEADERS FASTEST SUBMISSION STEVEN SILER | 1ST RD - 0:34 RANK FIGHTER NATION DIVISION TIME (1ST RD) OPPONENT EVENT 1 Steven Siler Featherweight 0:34 Alexandre Almeida PFL 4 2 Philipe Lins Heavyweight 0:58 Caio Alencar PFL 8 3 Vinny Magalhaes Light Heavyweight 1:20 Rakim Cleveland PFL 9 4 Alexandre Almeida Featherweight 1:22 Lee Coville PFL 1 5 Francimar Barroso Heavyweight 1:36 Jack May PFL 4 6 Vinny Magalhaes Light Heavyweight 1:37 Jamie Abdallah PFL 2 7 Vinny Magalhaes Light Heavyweight 1:58 Bozigit Ataev PFL 9 8 Kayla Harrison* Women’s Lightweight 3:18 Brittney Elkin PFL 2 9 Natan Schulte Lightweight 4:18 Jason High PFL 5 10 Steven Siler Featherweight 4:19 Magomed Idrisov PFL 1 *Harrison competed in official PFL bouts, but they were not a part of the 2018 PFL season FASTEST KNOCKOUT EMILIANO SORDI | 1ST RD - 0:16 RANK FIGHTER NATION DIVISION TIME (1ST RD) OPPONENT EVENT 1 Emiliano Sordi Light Heavyweight 0:16 Jason Butcher PFL 7 2 Ray Cooper III Welterweight 0:18 Pavlo Kusch PFL 6 3 Handesson Ferreira Welterweight 0:20 Paul Bradley PFL 7 4 Louis Taylor Middleweight 0:33 Abus Magomedov PFL 11 T-5 Josh Copeland Heavyweight 1:27 Alex Nicholson PFL 8 T-5 Abus Magomedov Middleweight 1:27 Anderson Goncalves PFL 6 7 Vinny Magalhaes Light Heavyweight 1:34 Brandon Halsey PFL 5 8 Maxim Grishin Light Heavyweight 1:40 Jason Butcher PFL 2 9 Bozigit Ataev Light Heavyweight 1:43 Emiliano Sordi PFL 9 10 Sean O’Connell Light Heavyweight 1:45 Smealinho Rama PFL 9 6 SINGLE FIGHT LEADERS CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES DUE TO THEIR 5-ROUND LENGTH TOP 5 STRIKE SPEEDS SMEALINHO RAMA | 32 MPH FIGHTER NAME NATION DIVISION STRIKE SPEED Smealinho Rama Light Heavyweight 32 MPH Ray Cooper III Welterweight 31 MPH Maxim Grishin Light Heavyweight 30 MPH Louis Taylor Middleweight 30 MPH Rashid Magomedov Lightweight 29 MPH Note: Fighters with multiple strikes in the top 5 are removed so data reflects only the fastest strike recorded for each fighter (i.e. Ray Cooper III landed a 31 MPH and 30 MPH strike) MOST STRIKES LANDED MAX COGA | 122 RANK FIGHTER NATION DIVISION COUNT OPPONENT EVENT 1 Max Coga Featherweight 122 Marcos Galvao PFL 4 2 Rashid Magomedov Lightweight 113 Luiz Firmino PFL 5 3 Andre Harrison Featherweight 102 Jumabieke Tuerxun PFL 1 4 Rick Story Welterweight 101 Yuri Villefort PFL 3 T-5 Chris Wade Lightweight 96 Natan Schulte PFL 9 T-5 Chris Wade Lightweight 96 Natan Schulte PFL 2 MOST STRIKES THROWN CHRIS WADE | 264 RANK FIGHTER NATION DIVISION COUNT OPPONENT EVENT 1 Chris Wade Lightweight 264 Natan Schulte PFL 9 2 Max Coga Featherweight 223 Marcos Galvao PFL 4 3 Rashid Magomedov Lightweight 222 Luiz Firmino PFL 5 4 Rick Story Welterweight 195 Yuri Villefort PFL 3 5 Shamil Gamzatov Middleweight 174 Eddie Gordon PFL 3 7 SINGLE FIGHT LEADERS CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES DUE TO THEIR 5-ROUND LENGTH MOST GROUND STRIKES LANDED JARED ROSHOLT | 83 RANK FIGHTER NATION DIVISION COUNT OPPONENT EVENT 1 Jared Rosholt Heavyweight 83 Kelvin Tiller PFL 8 2 Lance Palmer Featherweight 77 Jumabieke Tuerxun PFL 4 3 Kayla Harrison* Women’s Lightweight 73 Jozette Cotton PFL 6 4 Jared Rosholt Heavyweight 71 Valdrin Istrefi PFL 1 5 Abus Magomedov Middleweight 70 Sadibou Sy PFL 10 *Harrison competed in official PFL bouts, but they were not a part of the 2018 PFL season MOST ARM STRIKES LANDED MAX COGA | 93 RANK FIGHTER NATION DIVISION COUNT OPPONENT EVENT 1 Max Coga Featherweight 93 Marcos Galvao PFL 4 2 Rick Story Welterweight 77 Yuri Villefort PFL 3 3 Chris Wade Lightweight 75 Natan Schulte PFL 9 4 Rashid Magomedov Lightweight 74 Luiz Firmino PFL 5 5 Josh Copeland Heavyweight 67 Shawn Jordan PFL 4 MOST LEG STRIKES LANDED WILL BROOKS | 43 RANK FIGHTER NATION DIVISION COUNT OPPONENT EVENT 1 Will Brooks Lightweight 43 Robert Watley PFL 5 2 Shamil Gamzatov Middleweight 31 Eddie Gordon PFL 3 3 Chris Wade Lightweight 28 Natan Schulte PFL 2 4 Efrain Escudero Lightweight 26 Jason High PFL 2 5 Andre Harrison Featherweight 25 Nazareno Malegarie PFL 4 8 SEASON LEADERS INCLUDES STATS FROM THE REGULAR SEASON, PLAYOFFS, AND CHAMPIONSHIP MOST STOPPAGES RAY COOPER III | 4 PHILIPE LINS | 4 VINNY MAGALHAES | 4 RANK FIGHTER NATION DIVISION COUNT T-1 Ray Cooper